#VU12632 Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-1000476

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12632

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000476

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick

Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the function ReadDDSInfo in coders/dds.c due to CPU exhaustion. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Install update from vendor's website.

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/867