Vulnerability identifier: #VU33729

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14434

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

ImageMagick 7.0.8-4 has a memory leak for a colormap in WriteMPCImage in coders/mpc.c.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

External links
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1192
http://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/

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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.