CVE-2017-11724 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Memory leaks in ImageMagick's MAT image reader can lead to resource exhaustion and 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-2017-11724?

CVE-2017-11724 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 29 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 ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-3 and 7.x through 7.0.6-3 has memory leaks involving the quantum_info and clone_info data structures.

Weakness: CWE-772

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11724?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2017-11724?

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-2017-11724 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Imagemagick Imagemagick vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11724, GHSA-rxr2-qr3h-m2rp, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11724.

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