SB2018060119 - Denial of service in ImageMagick
Published: June 1, 2018 Updated: August 23, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018060119
Severity
Medium
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 leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11656)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the ReadDCMImage() function in coders/dcm.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack via a a crafted DCM image file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.