Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-14342
Published: December 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9804
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-2017-14342
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 error in ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c. A remote attacker can provide a specially crafted wpg image file, trigger memory exhaustion and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to an error in ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c. A remote attacker can provide a specially crafted wpg image file, trigger memory exhaustion and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14342
Install update from vendor's website.