ImageMagick 7.0.7-28 coders/pcx.c WritePCXImage resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in ImageMagick 7.0.7-28. This affects the function WritePCXImage of the file coders/pcx.c. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-18016. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick 7.0.7-28 (Image Processing Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function WritePCXImage of the file coders/pcx.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

ImageMagick 7.0.7-28 has a memory leak vulnerability in WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c.

The bug was discovered 03/25/2018. The weakness was released 10/05/2018 by Venustech with Adlab of Venustech (Website). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-18016 since 10/05/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 194 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118354 (SUSE SLES11 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2018:3348-1)), 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 171663 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for GraphicsMagick (SUSE-SU-2018:3269-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (118354) and SecurityFocus (BID 100468†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-105650, VDB-119755, VDB-119756 and VDB-123477. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 118354
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES11 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2018:3348-1)
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Sourcesinfo

Product: imagemagick.org

Advisory: 1049
Researcher: Venustech
Organization: Adlab of Venustech
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-18016 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18016
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-124946
SecurityFocus: 100468 - ImageMagick CVE-2017-13058 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2018 13:13
Updated: 05/23/2023 07:32
Changes: 10/06/2018 13:13 (75), 03/30/2020 22:05 (6), 05/23/2023 07:25 (4), 05/23/2023 07:32 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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