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CVE-2017-18253

Published: 27 March 2018

An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 7.0.7. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the function LoadOpenCLDevices in MagickCore/opencl.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
check if 7.x only

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
imagemagick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
artful Not vulnerable
(code not present)
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/de5deab202c340162b65f65bafbbe17b1eda2c1a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H