SB2019092324 - Memory leak in ImageMagick ImageMagick
Published: September 23, 2019 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019092324
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16709)
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 not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- 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/