#VU31998 Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-16709
Published: September 23, 2019 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31998
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-2019-16709
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote 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 memory leak within coders/dps.c, as demonstrated by XCreateImage. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1531
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4192-1/