SB2017072301 - Denial of service in ImageMagick
Published: July 23, 2017 Updated: September 13, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017072301
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11532)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak in the WriteMPCImage() function in coders/mpc.c. source code file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening specially crafted file in convert, trigger memory leak and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.