CVE-2017-17680

MEDIUM

ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 - Denial of Service via Memory Leak in ReadXPMImage

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadXPMImage in coders/xpm.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted xpm image file.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/873
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102203
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0230
EPSS Percentile 80.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-772
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
imagemagick/imagemagick 7.0.7-12 q16
Published Dec 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026