CVE-2018-16749 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2018-16749?

CVE-2018-16749 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 Sep 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 7.0.7-29 and earlier, a missing NULL check in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (WriteBlob assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16749?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16749?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-16749 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16749 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16749, GHSA-9wpf-wh66-2mmp, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16749.