Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-7942
Published: June 2, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6877
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7942
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 in the ReadAVSImage() function within avs.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-4. A remote attacker can consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.
The vulnerability exists in the ReadAVSImage() function within avs.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-4. A remote attacker can consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.
Affected software
ImageMagick
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7942
Update to version 7.0.5-5.