Memory corruption in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-5507

 

Memory corruption in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-5507

Published: May 29, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6788
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2017-5507
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists in mpc.c source code file due to improper memory management by the affected software via unspecified vectors involving a pixel cache. A remote attacker can provide a specially crafted .mpc file, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5507

Update to version 6.9.7-4 or 7.0.4-4.

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