Vehere Takes the Lead With Tracking Its First-ever Zero-day Vulnerability and Subsequent Responsible Disc

Vehere's research wing, Dawn Treader, has announced its recent discovery of a zero-day vulnerability, marking a significant achievement for the cyber network intelligence organization. This is the first time Vehere has made such a discovery, showcasing the efficiency and capability of the research team. The identification of this vulnerability is a major milestone for the organization, and demonstrates their commitment to staying at the forefront of the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.

The vulnerability, identified through fuzzing, was a heap buffer overflow in MagickCore/quantum-import.c and affects ImageMagick versions 7.1.1-6. It allows attackers to exploit a crafted file and trigger an out-of-bound read error, resulting in an application crash and denial-of-service. The vulnerability was responsibly disclosed to ImageMagick, which promptly released a patch addressing the issue by ensuring proper memory allocation. RedHat has released an advisory to warn users about this vulnerability, assigning it a CVSS score of 5.5 and a CVE ID of CVE-2023-2157.