#VU30725 Use-after-free in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-17541 

 

#VU30725 Use-after-free in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-17541

Published: October 14, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30725
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17541
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

ImageMagick before 7.0.8-55 has a use-after-free in DestroyStringInfo in MagickCore/string.c because the error manager is mishandled in coders/jpeg.c.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

External links