CVE-2018-8960 Memory corruption in n/a
A heap-based buffer over-read in ImageMagick's TIFF reader allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose sensitive memory contents.
- 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-2018-8960?
CVE-2018-8960 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Mar 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
The ReadTIFFImage function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 does not properly restrict memory allocation, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8960?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2018-8960?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-8960 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8960 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8960, GHSA-hpp2-pf7f-vv96, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8960.