CVE-2017-10799 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via out-of-memory conditions by providing a crafted DPX image to GraphicsMagick.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-10799?
CVE-2017-10799 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, published on 3 Jul 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
When GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 processes a DPX image (with metadata indicating a large width) in coders/dpx.c, a denial of service (OOM) can occur in ReadDPXImage().
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10799?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-10799?
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-2017-10799 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10799 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10799, GHSA-3936-5cxx-gxgf, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10799.