CVE-2017-11166 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted XWD file can cause memory exhaustion in ImageMagick, leading to denial of service.
- 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-2017-11166?
CVE-2017-11166 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 10 Jul 2017. 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
The ReadXWDImage function in coders\xwd.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-6 has a memory leak vulnerability that can cause memory exhaustion via a crafted length (number of color-map entries) field in the header of an XWD file.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11166?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11166?
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-2017-11166 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11166, GHSA-4f9f-75v9-v6v4, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11166.