In WriteOnePNGImage() of the PNG coder at coders/png.c, an improper call to AcquireVirtualMemory() and memset() allows for an out-of-bounds write later when PopShortPixel() from MagickCore/quantum-private.h is called. The patch fixes the calls by adding 256 to rowbytes. An attacker who is able to supply a specially crafted image could affect availability with a low impact to data integrity. This flaw affects ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.10-68 and 7.0.8-68.
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1891605 | patch exploit third party advisory issue tracking |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z3J6D7POCQYQKNVRDYLTTPM5SQC3WVTR/ | vendor advisory |