Unchecked Return Value Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.10.8+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.44% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IMAGEMAGICK-400990
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed6 Sept 2018

Introduced: 6 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16643  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable imagemagick to version 8:6.9.10.8+dfsg-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The functions ReadDCMImage in coders/dcm.c, ReadPWPImage in coders/pwp.c, ReadCALSImage in coders/cals.c, and ReadPICTImage in coders/pict.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-4 do not check the return value of the fputc function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.