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CVE-2017-12429

Published: 4 August 2017

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-1, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
0090-Memory-exhaustion-in-mpc-coder.patch in unstable
0265-CVE-2017-12429-Fix-memory-exhaustion-in-ReadMIFFImage.patch in wheezy

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
imagemagick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu2)
bionic Not vulnerable
(8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu2)
trusty
Released (8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3ac6c73d39d59a7b0285b3756810272121759a31

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H