CVE-2017-10800 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via out-of-memory error in GraphicsMagick by providing a crafted MATLAB image with inconsistent size specifications.
- 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-2017-10800?
CVE-2017-10800 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 MATLAB image in coders/mat.c, it can lead to a denial of service (OOM) in ReadMATImage() if the size specified for a MAT Object is larger than the actual amount of data.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10800?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-10800?
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-2017-10800 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10800 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10800, GHSA-ccwp-q88v-h469, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10800.