CVE-2017-11310 Denial of service in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service via memory leaks in ImageMagick by processing crafted PNG files.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2017-11310?

CVE-2017-11310 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 13 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 read_user_chunk_callback function in coders\png.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 Q16 2017-06-21 (beta) has memory leak vulnerabilities via crafted PNG files.

Weakness: CWE-772

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11310?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2017-11310?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-11310 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2017-11310 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11310 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Imagemagick Imagemagick vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fpq2-wc7v-m4hr.

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