Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-14531
Published: December 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9805
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14531
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 an error in ReadSUNImage in coders/sun.c.. A remote attacker can provide a specially crafted 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 ReadSUNImage in coders/sun.c.. A remote attacker can provide a specially crafted image file, trigger memory exhaustion 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-2017-14531
Install update from vendor's website.