#VU32023 Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-11597
Published: April 29, 2019 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32023
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11597
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 heap-based buffer over-read in the function WriteTIFFImage of coders/tiff.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly information disclosure via a crafted image file. 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/2019-07/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00043.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108102
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1555
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712