Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick and Debian Linux - CVE-2017-6500

 

Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick and Debian Linux - CVE-2017-6500

Published: March 6, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39583
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2017-6500
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Debian
Affected software:
ImageMagick
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

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

An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 6.9.7. A specially crafted sun file triggers a heap-based buffer over-read.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-6500

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources