SB2012080803 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ImageMagick 

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SB2012080803 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ImageMagick

Published: August 8, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2012080803
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4298)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The ReadGIFImage function in coders/gif.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.8-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted comment in a GIF image.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3437)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The Magick_png_malloc function in coders/png.c in ImageMagick 6.7.8 and earlier does not use the proper variable type for the allocation size, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG file that triggers incorrect memory allocation.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References