Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-12666

 

Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-12666

Published: January 24, 2018 / Updated: March 20, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10218
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12666
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the coders/inline.c source code in the WriteINLINEImage function due to memory leak. A remote attacker can trick the victim into accessing a file that submits malicious input, trigger memory corruption and cause the system to stop responding.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-12666

Install update from vendor's website.

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