ImageMagick up to 7.0.8-7 MagickCore/property.c GetMagickProperty null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ImageMagick up to 7.0.8-7. The impacted element is the function GetMagickProperty of the file MagickCore/property.c. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-16329. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ImageMagick up to 7.0.8-7 (Image Processing Software). Affected by this issue is the function GetMagickProperty of the file MagickCore/property.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In ImageMagick before 7.0.8-8, a NULL pointer dereference exists in the GetMagickProperty function in MagickCore/property.c.

The bug was discovered 07/23/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/01/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-16329 since 09/01/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 40 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 117686 (openSUSE Security Update : ImageMagick (openSUSE-2018-1038)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171491 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2018:2778-1)).

Upgrading to version 7.0.8-8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (117686) and SecurityFocus (BID 105241†). The entries VDB-104397, VDB-122004, VDB-122005 and VDB-122006 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 117686
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : ImageMagick (openSUSE-2018-1038)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ImageMagick 7.0.8-8

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07/23/2018 🔍
09/01/2018 +39 days 🔍
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09/24/2018 +21 days 🔍
09/25/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/06/2023 +1684 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: imagemagick.org

Advisory: 1225
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-16329 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-16329
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-123482
SecurityFocus: 105241 - ImageMagick Multiple Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/02/2018 10:23
Updated: 05/06/2023 14:21
Changes: 09/02/2018 10:23 (76), 03/19/2020 22:17 (4), 05/06/2023 14:21 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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