CVE-2019-11470 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service in ImageMagick by crafting a Cineon image with an incorrect size, leading to uncontrolled resource consumption.
- 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-2019-11470?
CVE-2019-11470 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 23 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
The cineon parsing component in ImageMagick 7.0.8-26 Q16 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (uncontrolled resource consumption) by crafting a Cineon image with an incorrect claimed image size. This occurs because ReadCINImage in coders/cin.c lacks a check for insufficient image data in a file.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11470?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2019-11470?
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-2019-11470 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11470 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11470, GHSA-xmfq-7h44-9457, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11470.