#VU31997 Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-16710

 

#VU31997 Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-16710

Published: September 23, 2019 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31997
Vulnerability risk: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16710
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
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 coders/dot.c, as demonstrated by AcquireMagickMemory in MagickCore/memory.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

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

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