CVE-2019-11008 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2019-11008?

CVE-2019-11008 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Apr 2019. 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 GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20190322 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function WriteXWDImage of coders/xwd.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11008?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-11008?

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-2019-11008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11008 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-2019-11008, GHSA-6hgc-j2rf-mq69, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11008.