#VU33480 Memory leak - CVE-2018-14436

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33480

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14436

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

External links
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1191
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/

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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.