Resource Exhaustion Affecting imagemagick6 package, versions <6.9.10.39-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.17% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE38-IMAGEMAGICK6-344536
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed21 Aug 2018

Introduced: 21 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15607  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.8 imagemagick6 to version 6.9.10.39-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick6 package and not the imagemagick6 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ImageMagick 7.0.8-11 Q16, a tiny input file 0x50 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x4c 0x36 0x38 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x1f 0x35 0x50 0x00 can result in a hang of several minutes during which CPU and memory resources are consumed until ultimately an attempted large memory allocation fails. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.