#VU14610 Null pointer dereference in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-16329
Published: September 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14610
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16329
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the GetMagickProperty function of ImageMagick due to boundary error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into accessing an image file that submits malicious input, trigger a NULL pointer dereference condition in the GetMagickProperty function as defined in the MagickCore/log.c source code file and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 7.0.8-8.