NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.29% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-IMAGEMAGICK-401491
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • 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 Debian:9 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 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

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