Integer overflow in ImageMagick - CVE-2020-27754

 

Integer overflow in ImageMagick - CVE-2020-27754

Published: May 10, 2022 / Updated: May 10, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62903
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27754
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the IntensityCompare() function in /magick/quantize.c A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

ImageMagick
openEuler
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2020-27754

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.10-69, 7.0.8-69
ImageMagick - update to 6.9.10.67-10
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 6.9.10.67-10
ImageMagick-debugsource - update to 6.9.10.67-10
ImageMagick-help - update to 6.9.10.67-10
ImageMagick-devel - update to 6.9.10.67-10
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 6.9.10.67-10
ImageMagick-perl - update to 6.9.10.67-10
ImageMagick-debuginfo - update to 6.9.10.67-10

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