Vulnerability identifier: #VU6839

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9144

CWE-ID: CWE-20

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 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.

Mitigation
Update to version 7.0.5-6.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.5-5

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CPE

• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.5-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7fdf9ea808caa3c81a0eb42656e5fafc59084198

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?