CVE-2019-11472 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in ImageMagick by crafting a malicious XWD image file that triggers a divide-by-zero error.
- 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-2019-11472?
CVE-2019-11472 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
ReadXWDImage in coders/xwd.c in the XWD image parsing component of ImageMagick 7.0.8-41 Q16 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (divide-by-zero error) by crafting an XWD image file in which the header indicates neither LSB first nor MSB first.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11472?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2019-11472?
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-2019-11472 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11472 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-11472, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11472, GHSA-84r2-hp76-hh77, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11472.