CVE-2019-16709 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in ImageMagick allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- 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-2019-16709?
CVE-2019-16709 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Sep 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 7.0.8-35 has a memory leak in coders/dps.c, as demonstrated by XCreateImage.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16709?
It affects 4 products.
Linux distribution packages (4)
GraphicsMagick SUSE:Package Hub 15 | All versions | 1.3.29-bp151.5.6.1 |
GraphicsMagick SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 | All versions | 1.3.29-bp151.5.6.1 |
GraphicsMagick openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | All versions | 1.3.29-lp151.4.9.1 |
GraphicsMagick openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | All versions | 1.3.29-lp151.4.9.1 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2019-16709?
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-2019-16709 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16709 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16709, GHSA-g98w-7j97-6fwr, MGASA-2019-0372, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16709, openSUSE-SU-2019:2317-1, openSUSE-SU-2019:2321-1.