Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI6 package, versions <7.0.7.34-3.24.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.21% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBMAGICKWAND7Q16HDRI6-2761192
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Oct 2018

Introduced: 2 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-16645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI6 to version 7.0.7.34-3.24.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI6 package and not the libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI6 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an excessive memory allocation issue in the functions ReadBMPImage of coders/bmp.c and ReadDIBImage of coders/dib.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.