#VU19020 Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-11470
Published: July 8, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19020
Vulnerability risk: Medium
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:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11470
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a lack of checks for insufficient image data in a file in the "ReadCINImage()" function, as defined in the "coders/cin.c" file. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted Cineon image with an incorrect claimed image size, trick a user into opening it, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.