Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU9821

#VU9821 Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-18008

Published: January 1, 2018 / Updated: January 2, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9821

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-2017-18008

CWE-ID: CWE-401

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 memory leak within ReadPWPImage in coders/pwp.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

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