Memory leak in ImageMagick

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU38214

Risk: Medium

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:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14684

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 within the function ReadVIPSImage in coders/vips.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack via a a crafted file.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.7-4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/770
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/

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.