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USN-1544-1: ImageMagick vulnerability

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USN-1544-1: ImageMagick vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/07/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The Magick_png_malloc function in coders/png.c in ImageMagick 6.7.8 and earlier does not use the proper variable type for the allocation size, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG file that triggers incorrect memory allocation.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-imagemagick
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagick-2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagick-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagick-4

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