SB2018022328 - Denial of service in ImageMagick
Published: February 23, 2018 Updated: March 7, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018022328
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7443)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the ReadTIFFImage function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.