Heap-based buffer overflow in ImageMagick

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU62871

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [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-2020-27829

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to an incorrect setting of the pixel array size in coders/tiff.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.0-0 - 7.0.10-44

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.0-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.10-44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.2-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.3-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.4-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.5-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.6-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.8-69:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.9-27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1922525
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6ee5059cd3ac8d82714a1ab1321399b88539abf0
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6ee5059cd3ac8d82714a1ab1321399b88539abf0

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.