CVE-2018-15607 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by submitting a crafted file that consumes excessive CPU and memory resources in ImageMagick.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-15607?
CVE-2018-15607 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 21 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In ImageMagick 7.0.8-11 Q16, a tiny input file 0x50 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x4c 0x36 0x38 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x1f 0x35 0x50 0x00 can result in a hang of several minutes during which CPU and memory resources are consumed until ultimately an attempted large memory allocation fails. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15607?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15607?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-15607 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15607 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15607, GHSA-w9f3-hh6v-j26p, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2018-15607, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15607.