#VU15352 Input validation error in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-16644
Published: October 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15352
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16644
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org
ImageMagick.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient check for length in ReadDCMImage() function in coders/dcm.c and in ReadPICTImage() function in coders/pict.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the affected application and trigger application crash.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/16916c8979c32765c542e216b31cee2671b7afe7
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/afa878a689870c28b6994ecf3bb8dbfb2b76d135
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1269
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/