Out-of-bounds Read Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
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- published5 Jan 2018
- disclosed5 Jan 2018
Introduced: 5 Jan 2018
CVE-2018-5248 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11 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.
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-17 Q16, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in coders/sixel.c in the ReadSIXELImage function, related to the sixel_decode function.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-5248
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4204
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4245
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5248
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/927
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102431
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/