Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-12140
Published: December 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9790
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12140
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an integer signedness error in the ReadDCMImage function in coders\dcm.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted DCM file, trigger excessive memory consumption and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to an integer signedness error in the ReadDCMImage function in coders\dcm.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted DCM file, trigger excessive memory consumption and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12140
Install update from vendor's website.