NULL pointer dereference in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-14739
Published: April 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11811
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14739
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the AcquireResampleFilterThreadSet function in magick/resample-private.h due to mishandling failed memory allocation. A remote attacker can trigger NULL pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the AcquireResampleFilterThreadSet function in magick/resample-private.h due to mishandling failed memory allocation. A remote attacker can trigger NULL pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
ImageMagick
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14739
Install update from vendor's website.