NULL pointer dereference in ImageMagick - CVE-2021-3596
Published: May 9, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62859
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3596
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in ReadSVGImage() function in coders/svg.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
ImageMagick
openEuler
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-perl
openEuler
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-perl
How to mitigate CVE-2021-3596
Install update from vendor's website.
ImageMagick - update to 7.0.10-31
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-c++-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-help - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-c++ - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-perl - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-c++-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-help - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-c++ - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4
ImageMagick-perl - addressed in versions 6.9.12.42-1, 7.1.0.28-4