Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38395

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-12875

Published: August 29, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU38395

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: 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-2017-12875

CWE-ID: CWE-770

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: ImageMagick.org

Affected software:
ImageMagick

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The WritePixelCachePixels function in ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted file.

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