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	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

CVSSv4.0: 1 [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-2017-9141

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

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.5-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://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