CVE-2019-16713 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in ImageMagick allows attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering resource exhaustion.
- 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-2019-16713?
CVE-2019-16713 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 7.0.8-43 has a memory leak in coders/dot.c, as demonstrated by PingImage in MagickCore/constitute.c.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16713?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2019-16713?
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-2019-16713 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16713 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16713, GHSA-cpxq-p7w9-j6hf, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16713.