Denial of service in ImageMagic



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 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

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-2017-9142

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 ReadOneJNGImage function in coders/png.c within the WriteBlob function in MagickCore/blob. 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 External links

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/490


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.



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