1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7053-1

USN-7053-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Publication date

3 October 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.

Releases

Packages

  • imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library

Details

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed
image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked
into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service or potentially leak sensitive information.
These vulnerabilities included heap and stack-based buffer overflows,
memory leaks, and improper handling of uninitialized values.

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed
image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked
into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service or potentially leak sensitive information.
These vulnerabilities included heap and stack-based buffer overflows,
memory leaks, and improper handling of uninitialized values.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty imagemagick –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10  
libmagick++-dev –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10  
libmagick++5 –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10  
libmagickcore-dev –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10  
libmagickcore5 –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10  
libmagickcore5-extra –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10  
libmagickwand-dev –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10  
libmagickwand5 –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10  
perlmagick –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10  

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