CVE-2005-0759 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 26 Mar 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the application by providing a malicious TIFF image, affecting systems using the ImageMagick library.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2005-0759?

CVE-2005-0759 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 26 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

ImageMagick before 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a TIFF image with an invalid tag.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0759?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick, Sgi Propack.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0759?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2005-0759 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0759 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0759, GHSA-95fw-r5m5-3wmg.