CVE-2017-12565 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service via a memory leak in ImageMagick's JNG image processing, requiring library upgrades.

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-2017-12565?

CVE-2017-12565 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 5 Aug 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

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-2, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-772

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12565?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12565?

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-2017-12565 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12565 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Imagemagick Imagemagick vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12565, GHSA-hcqx-v34q-6976, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12565.

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