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CVE-2023-1289

5.5 · MEDIUM

A vulnerability was discovered in ImageMagick where a specially created SVG file loads itself and causes a segmentation fault.

Published Mar 23, 2023CWE-20EPSS 0.86%

Overview

CVE-2023-1289 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on March 23, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

A vulnerability was discovered in ImageMagick where a specially created SVG file loads itself and causes a segmentation fault. This flaw allows a remote attacker to pass a specially crafted SVG file that leads to a segmentation fault, generating many trash files in "/tmp," resulting in a denial of service. When ImageMagick crashes, it generates a lot of trash files. These trash files can be large if the SVG file contains many render actions. In a denial of service attack, if a remote attacker uploads an SVG file of size t, ImageMagick generates files of size 103*t. If an attacker uploads a 100M SVG, the server will generate about 10G.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2176858GitHubgithub.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c5b23cbf2119540725e6dc81f4deb25798ead6a4GitHubgithub.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-j96m-mjp6-99xrReflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00007.htmlRefbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2176858GitHubgithub.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c5b23cbf2119540725e6dc81f4deb25798ead6a4GitHubgithub.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-j96m-mjp6-99xrReflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00007.html

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1289?

CVE-2023-1289 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on March 23, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2023-1289?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2023-1289?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2023-1289?

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