#VU6836 Memory leak in ImageMagick


Published: 2017-05-26 | Updated: 2017-05-30

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6836

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9098

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software

Vendor: ImageMagick.org

Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak in in the RLE decoder in ImageMagick before 7.0.5-2 . A remote attacker can create create a specially crafted image file and gain access to certain parts of memory and trigger application crash. 

Mitigation
Update to version 7.0.5-2.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.5-0 - 7.0.5-1


External links
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1c358ffe0049f768dd49a8a889c1cbf99ac9849b


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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