NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ImageMagick-doc package, versions <0:6.9.10.68-3.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.31% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-IMAGEMAGICKDOC-1684625
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed9 Sept 2018

Introduced: 9 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16749  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ImageMagick-doc to version 0:6.9.10.68-3.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1497.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ImageMagick-doc package and not the ImageMagick-doc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-29 and earlier, a missing NULL check in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (WriteBlob assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1