ImageMagick Magick_png_malloc() Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
|
|
SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1027321 |
|
SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1027321
|
|
CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-3437
(Links to External Site)
|
Date: Jul 30 2012
|
Impact:
Denial of service via network
|
Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
|
|
Description:
A vulnerability was reported in ImageMagick. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can create a specially crafted PNG image that, when processed by the target user or application, will trigger an error in Magick_png_malloc() and cause the target application to crash.
The vulnerability resides in 'coders/png.c'.
Tom Lane reported this vulnerability.
|
Impact:
A remote user can cause the target application to crash.
|
Solution:
The vendor has issued a source code fix, available via SVN.
|
Cause:
Input validation error
|
Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
|
|
Message History:
None.
|
Source Message Contents
|
|
|
[Original Message Not Available for Viewing]
|
|
