#VU14609 Null pointer dereference in ImageMagick


Published: 2018-09-04 | Updated: 2018-09-05

Vulnerability identifier: #VU14609

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16328

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software

Vendor: ImageMagick.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the CheckEventLogging function of ImageMagick due to boundary error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into accessing an image file that submits malicious input, trigger a NULL pointer dereference condition in the CheckEventLogging function, as defined in the MagickCore/log.c source code file and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation
Update to version 7.0.8-8.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.0-0, 7.0.1-0 - 7.0.1-10, 7.0.2-0 - 7.0.2-10, 7.0.3-0 - 7.0.3-10, 7.0.4-0 - 7.0.4-10, 7.0.5-0 - 7.0.5-10, 7.0.6-0 - 7.0.6-10, 7.0.7-0 - 7.0.7-28, 7.0.8-3 - 7.0.8-4


External links
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1224


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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