Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-17880
Published: December 27, 2017 / Updated: December 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37727
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17880
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer over-read in WriteWEBPImage in coders/webp.c, related to a WEBP_DECODER_ABI_VERSION check. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
ImageMagick
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17880
Install update from vendor's website.