#VU6839 Improper input validation in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-9144

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#VU6839 Improper input validation in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-9144

Published: May 26, 2017 / Updated: May 30, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6839
Vulnerability risk: Low
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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9144
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect EOF handling when processing a specially crafted RLE image in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-5. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file and perform denial of service attack.


Remediation

Update to version 7.0.5-6.

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