USN-5456-1: ImageMagick vulnerability

Publication date

1 June 2022

Overview

ImageMagick could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library

Details

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory under
certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause a
denial of service or other unspecified impact.

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory under
certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause a
denial of service or other unspecified impact.

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
18.04 bionic imagemagick-6-common –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
imagemagick –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
libmagickcore-6.q16-3 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
imagemagick-common –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
libmagick++-6.q16-7 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
16.04 xenial imagemagick-common –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3  
imagemagick –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3  
imagemagick-6.q16 –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3  
libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3  
libmagickcore-6.q16-2 –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3  
14.04 trusty imagemagick-common –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm2  
libmagickcore5 –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm2  
imagemagick –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm2  
libmagick++5 –  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm2  

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