CVE-2019-13309 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause memory leaks in ImageMagick by triggering specific errors, potentially leading to resource exhaustion and denial of service.
- 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-2019-13309?
CVE-2019-13309 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 5 Jul 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
ImageMagick 7.0.8-50 Q16 has memory leaks at AcquireMagickMemory because of mishandling the NoSuchImage error in CLIListOperatorImages in MagickWand/operation.c.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13309?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13309?
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-2019-13309 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13309 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-13309, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13309, GHSA-c9m5-jxpx-3gvh, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13309.