Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-15217
Published: December 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9810
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-2017-15217
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error in ReadSGIImage in coders/sgi.c. A remote attacker can provide a specially SGI image file, trigger memory leak and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to an error in ReadSGIImage in coders/sgi.c. A remote attacker can provide a specially SGI image file, trigger memory leak and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15217
Install update from vendor's website.