Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-12675
Published: August 7, 2017 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38571
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12675
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 memory leak within the function ReadImage in MagickCore/constitute.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
ImageMagick
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12675
Install update from vendor's website.