Use After Free Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.29% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-IMAGEMAGICK-471709
  • published3 Oct 2019
  • disclosed18 Aug 2019

Introduced: 18 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-15140  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u8 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.

coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by crafting a Matlab image file that is mishandled in ReadImage in MagickCore/constitute.c.