Use-after-free in imagemagick (Alpine package)



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-17541
CWE-ID CWE-416
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 imagemagick (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU30725

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17541

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

ImageMagick before 7.0.8-55 has a use-after-free in DestroyStringInfo in MagickCore/string.c because the error manager is mishandled in coders/jpeg.c.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

imagemagick (Alpine package): 7.0.8.64-r1

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=209132f82cd396cf5db8b9922af19ac2993d5fd7


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.



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