Denial of service in ImageMagick

Published: 2017-04-28

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2017-9439 CVE-2017-9440
CWE-ID	CWE-401
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	ImageMagick Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software
Vendor	ImageMagick.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU7578

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4 [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:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9439

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak in ReadPDBImage() function in coders/pdb.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it and trigger denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.5-5

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.5-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/460

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU7579