Buffer over-read in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-13769
Published: December 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9798
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-2017-13769
CWE-ID: CWE-126
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 buffer over-read in the WriteTHUMBNAILImage function in coders/thumbnail.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted JPEG 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 buffer over-read in the WriteTHUMBNAILImage function in coders/thumbnail.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted JPEG file, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Affected software
ImageMagick
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2017-13769
Install update from vendor's website.