Heap-based buffer overflow in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-12983
Published: December 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9796
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-2017-12983
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadSFWImage function in coders/sfw.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadSFWImage function in coders/sfw.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Affected software
ImageMagick
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12983
Install update from vendor's website.