#VU78944 Heap-based buffer overflow in ImageMagick - CVE-2023-3745
Published: August 4, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78944
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3745
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 a boundary error within the PushCharPixel() function in quantum-private.h. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/b466a96965afc1308a4ace93f5535c2b770f294b
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/54cdc146bbe50018526770be201b56643ad58ba7
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/651672f19c75161a6159d9b6838fd3095b6c5304
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2223557
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1857
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/7486477aa00c5c7856b111506da075b6cdfa8b73
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3745