Denial of service in ImageMagic

Published: 2017-05-30

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2017-9141 CVE-2017-9142
CWE-ID	CWE-617
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	ImageMagick Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software
Vendor	ImageMagick.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Assertion failure

EUVDB-ID: #VU6837

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9141

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exist due to missing checks in the ReadDDSImage function in coders/dds.c within the ResetImageProfileIterator function in MagickCore/profile.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-7 Q16. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file and trigger assertion failure.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update to version 7.0.5-8.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.5-7

External links

http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/489

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) Assertion failure

EUVDB-ID: #VU6838