CVE-2019-15139 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial-of-service crash in ImageMagick by providing a corrupted XWD image file, affecting applications using the library.
- 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-2019-15139?
CVE-2019-15139 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 18 Aug 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 XWD image (X Window System window dumping file) parsing component in ImageMagick 7.0.8-41 Q16 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash resulting from an out-of-bounds Read) in ReadXWDImage in coders/xwd.c by crafting a corrupted XWD image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-11472.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15139?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2019-15139?
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-2019-15139 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15139 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15139, GHSA-wm8c-wvf5-rvvc, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15139.