Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-12692
Published: April 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11806
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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12692
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff.c due to memory consumption. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted VIFF file, trigger resource exhaustion and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff.c due to memory consumption. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted VIFF file, trigger resource exhaustion and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12692
Install update from vendor's website.