CVE-2017-12666 Denial of service in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

A memory leak in ImageMagick's inline coder allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.

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-2017-12666?

CVE-2017-12666 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 7 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

ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 has a memory leak vulnerability in WriteINLINEImage in coders/inline.c.

Weakness: CWE-772

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12666?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12666?

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-2017-12666 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12666 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Imagemagick Imagemagick vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12666, GHSA-rvx5-cgpm-65xr.

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