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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.13

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.18% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-IMAGEMAGICK-400078
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed6 Sept 2018
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Introduced: 6 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.13 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.