Vulnerability identifier: #VU31996

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16711

CWE-ID: CWE-401

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 memory leak within Huffman2DEncodeImage in coders/ps2.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 5.5.0

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External links
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1542
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4192-1/
http://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712

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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.