#VU82117 Division by zero in ImageMagick - CVE-2021-40211

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#VU82117 Division by zero in ImageMagick - CVE-2021-40211

Published: October 17, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82117
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40211
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error within the ReadEnhMetaFile() function in coders/emf.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and crash it.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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