#VU19048 Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-12806
Published: July 8, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19048
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12806
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org
ImageMagick.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory exhaustion when processing images within the format8BIM() function. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image, pass it to the affected application and consume all available memory on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.