CVE-2019-11506 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2019-11506?

CVE-2019-11506 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 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 from version 1.3.30 to 1.4 snapshot-20190403 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function WriteMATLABImage of coders/mat.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file. This is related to ExportRedQuantumType in magick/export.c.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11506?

It affects 5 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2019-11506?

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-2019-11506 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11506 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-2019-11506, GHSA-g42v-6w5w-rwfh, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11506.