#VU12636 Memory corruption in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-14325 

 

#VU12636 Memory corruption in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-14325

Published: May 14, 2018 / Updated: May 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12636
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14325
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org

Description

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

The weakness exists in the function PersistPixelCache in magick/cache.c due to memory leak. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger memory consumption and cause the service to crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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