#VU21063 Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick


Published: 2019-09-12

Vulnerability identifier: #VU21063

Vulnerability risk: Medium

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-2019-13295

CWE-ID: CWE-125

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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read error in "AdaptiveThresholdImage" in the "MagickCore/threshold.c" file because a width of zero is mishandled. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.


Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.8-50 Q16


External links
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a7759f410b773a1dd57b0e1fb28112e1cd8b97bc
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1608
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/55e6dc49f1a381d9d511ee2f888fdc3e3c3e3953


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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