ImageMagick PNG Decoder resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component PNG Decoder. This manipulation causes resource consumption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-9849. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick (Image Processing Software) (version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component PNG Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The png coder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

The bug was discovered 06/02/2016. The weakness was disclosed 03/20/2017 (oss-sec). It is possible to read the advisory at openwall.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-9849 since 06/02/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 39 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93178 (SUSE SLES11 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2016:1782-1)), 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 168986 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2016:1782-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (93178). The entries VDB-97317, VDB-97318, VDB-97319 and VDB-98117 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 93178
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES11 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2016:1782-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 803300
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for ImageMagick openSUSE-SU-2016:1748-1 (ImageMagick)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/02/2016 🔍
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07/11/2016 +39 days 🔍
08/29/2016 +49 days 🔍
03/20/2017 +203 days 🔍
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03/21/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/07/2024 +2818 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: imagemagick.org

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-9849 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9849
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98287
OSVDB: - CVE-2014-9849 - ImageMagick - Denial of Service Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/21/2017 07:45
Updated: 12/07/2024 02:29
Changes: 03/21/2017 07:45 (68), 09/10/2020 09:57 (4), 12/07/2024 02:29 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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