First published: Fri Jul 20 2018(Updated: )
A flaw was found in ImageMagick 7.0.8-4. A memory leak for a colormap in WriteMPCImage in coders/mpc.c. References: <a href="https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1192">https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1192</a> Upstream Patch: <a href="https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/98a2cceae0dceccbfe54051167c2c80be1f13c3f">https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/98a2cceae0dceccbfe54051167c2c80be1f13c3f</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
ImageMagick ImageMagick | =7.0.8-4 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
redhat/ImageMagick 7.0.8 | <5 | 5 |
IBM Data Risk Manager | <=2.0.6 | |
debian/imagemagick | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u3 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u2 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1 8:6.9.13.12+dfsg1-1 8:7.1.1.39+dfsg1-2 |
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CVE-2018-14434 is a vulnerability in ImageMagick that causes a memory leak in the WriteMPCImage function.
CVE-2018-14434 has a severity score of 6.5, which is considered medium severity.
CVE-2018-14434 can be exploited by persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, which triggers the memory leak and causes a denial of service.
ImageMagick versions up to and including 7.0.8-4 are affected by CVE-2018-14434.
To fix CVE-2018-14434, users should update to the patched versions of ImageMagick provided by the respective vendors or use the available remedies.