CVE-2019-10649 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in ImageMagick by providing a crafted image file that triggers a memory leak.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-10649?
CVE-2019-10649 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In ImageMagick 7.0.8-36 Q16, there is a memory leak in the function SVGKeyValuePairs of coders/svg.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10649?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2019-10649?
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-2019-10649 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10649 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-10649, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10649, GHSA-x7gh-h4gm-34v3.