CVE-2019-10131: High severity IBM Data Risk Manager vulnerability

Q: What is CVE-2019-10131?

CVE-2019-10131 is an off-by-one read vulnerability in ImageMagick before version 7.0.7-28.

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2019-10131?

The severity of CVE-2019-10131 is high with a CVSS score of 7.1.

Q: How does CVE-2019-10131 affect ImageMagick?

CVE-2019-10131 affects ImageMagick by causing a denial of service due to an off-by-one read flaw in the formatIPTCfromBuffer function in coders/meta.c.

Q: Is there a remedy available for CVE-2019-10131?

Yes, there are remedies available for CVE-2019-10131 depending on the affected software or package version.

Q: Where can I find more information about CVE-2019-10131?

You can find more information about CVE-2019-10131 at the following references: [1], [2], [3].

Published Apr 30, 2019

Updated

An off-by-one read vulnerability was discovered in ImageMagick before version 7.0.7-28 in the formatIPTCfromBuffer function in coders/meta.c. A local attacker may use this flaw to read beyond the end of the buffer or to crash the program.

Other sources

An off-by-one read vulnerability was discovered in ImageMagick in the formatIPTCfromBuffer() function in coders/meta.c. A local attacker may use this flaw to read beyond the end of the buffer or to crash the program.

Upstream patch: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/cb1214c124e1bd61f7dd551b94a794864861592e

— Red Hat

ImageMagick is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an off-by-one read flaw in the formatIPTCfromBuffer function in coders/meta.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

— IBM

Affected Software

13 affected componentsFixes available

redhat/imagemagick 7.0.7<28

redhat/imagemagick 6.9.9<40

IBM Data Risk Manager<=2.0.6

ImageMagick ImageMagick<6.9.9-40

ImageMagick ImageMagick>=7.0.0-0<7.0.7-28

redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0

Debian Debian Linux=9.0

Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.04

openSUSE Leap=42.3

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

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

Upgrade
Upgrade redhat/ImageMagick 7.0.7 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 28
Upgrade
Upgrade redhat/ImageMagick 6.9.9 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 40
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
Upgrade
Upgrade ImageMagick to a version that resolves this vulnerability.
Fixed in 7.0.7-28

Event History

Apr 30, 2019

CVE Published

via MITRE·06:01 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·06:01 PM

DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

IBM-6335281

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-10131?