CVE-2018-18544: Medium severity IBM Data Risk Manager vulnerability

Published Oct 21, 2018
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Updated

A flaw was found in ImageMagick 7.0.8-13 Q16. A memory leak in the function WriteMSLImage of coders/msl.c.

References: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1360

Upstream Patch: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c9c4ef4e7ca83d8a00effd16723f37946e89fbad

Other sources

ImageMagick is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in the WriteMSLImage function in coders/msl.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

— IBM

There is a memory leak in the function WriteMSLImage of coders/msl.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-13 Q16, and the function ProcessMSLScript of coders/msl.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.31.

— Launchpad

Affected Software

33 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/imagemagick 7.0.8<13
13
redhat/imagemagick 6.9.10<13
13
IBM Data Risk Manager<=2.0.6
GraphicsMagick Graphicsmagick<1.3.31
ImageMagick ImageMagick=7.0.8-13-q16
openSUSE Leap=15.0
debian/graphicsmagick
1.4+really1.3.36+hg16481-2+deb11u11.4+really1.3.40-41.4+really1.3.40-4+deb12u11.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
debian/imagemagick
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u48:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u58:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u28:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u18:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-18:7.1.1.47+dfsg1-1
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/graphicsmagick<1.3.32-r0
1.3.32-r0
alpine/imagemagick6<6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
alpine/imagemagick6<6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
alpine/imagemagick6<6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
alpine/imagemagick6<6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
alpine/imagemagick6<6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
alpine/imagemagick6<6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
alpine/imagemagick6<6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
alpine/imagemagick6<6.9.10.39-r0
6.9.10.39-r0
alpine/imagemagick6<6.9.10.39-r0
6.9.10.39-r0
alpine/imagemagick6<6.9.10.39-r0
6.9.10.39-r0

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/ImageMagick 7.0.8 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 13
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/ImageMagick 6.9.10 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 13
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/graphicsmagick to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.4+really1.3.36+hg16481-2+deb11u1Fixed in 1.4+really1.3.40-4Fixed in 1.4+really1.3.40-4+deb12u1Fixed in 1.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/imagemagick to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4Fixed in 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u5Fixed in 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u2Fixed in 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1Fixed in 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1Fixed in 8:7.1.1.47+dfsg1-1
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/graphicsmagick to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.3.32-r0
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/imagemagick6 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.9.10.37-r0
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/imagemagick6 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.9.10.39-r0
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade GraphicsMagick to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.3.31
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade ImageMagick to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch c9c4ef4e7ca83d8a00effd16723f37946e89fbad

Event History

Oct 21, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:00 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·01:29 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Data Sourced
via OSV·01:29 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2018-18544.

2

What is the title of this vulnerability?

The title of this vulnerability is 'There is a memory leak in the function WriteMSLImage of coders/msl.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-13 Q16 and…'

3

What is the description of this vulnerability?

The description of this vulnerability is that ImageMagick is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in the WriteMSLImage function in coders/msl.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

4

What is the severity of CVE-2018-18544?

The severity of CVE-2018-18544 is medium with a CVSS score of 6.5.

5

What software is affected by this vulnerability?

The affected software includes ImageMagick 7.0.8-13 Q16, IBM Data Risk Manager up to version 2.0.6, Graphicsmagick up to version 1.3.31, and openSUSE Leap 15.0.

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