#VU9804 Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-14342 

 

#VU9804 Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-14342

Published: December 27, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9804
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2017-14342
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c. A remote attacker can provide a specially crafted wpg image file, trigger memory exhaustion and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

External links