#VU38717 Input validation error in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-11166
Published: July 10, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38717
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11166
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org
ImageMagick.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The ReadXWDImage function in codersxwd.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-6 has a memory leak vulnerability that can cause memory exhaustion via a crafted length (number of color-map entries) field in the header of an XWD file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.