CVE-2019-12975 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in ImageMagick's DPX image writer allows attackers to cause resource exhaustion and denial of service.
- 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-2019-12975?
CVE-2019-12975 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 26 Jun 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
ImageMagick 7.0.8-34 has a memory leak vulnerability in the WriteDPXImage function in coders/dpx.c.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12975?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2019-12975?
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-2019-12975 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12975 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12975, GHSA-w7rx-7qrv-r93v, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12975.