CVE-2019-16712 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in ImageMagick's PS3 coder allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted images.
- 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-2019-16712?
CVE-2019-16712 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, 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 7.0.8-43 has a memory leak in Huffman2DEncodeImage in coders/ps3.c, as demonstrated by WritePS3Image.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16712?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2019-16712?
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-2019-16712 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16712 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16712, GHSA-pxhh-r266-qrhg, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16712.