CVE-2019-7396 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in ImageMagick's SIXEL image reader 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
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-7396?
CVE-2019-7396 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 5 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In ImageMagick before 7.0.8-25, a memory leak exists in ReadSIXELImage in coders/sixel.c.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-7396?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2019-7396?
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-2019-7396 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-7396 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7396, GHSA-jg7c-px6j-w73v, JLSEC-2026-837, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-7396.