Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-8346

 

Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-8346

Published: May 22, 2017 / Updated: May 30, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6615
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8346
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to memory leak in ReadDCMImage function in dcm.c when handling malicious files. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted image file, trigger boundary error and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Update to version 7.0.5-6.

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