CVE-2017-12670 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in ImageMagick via an assertion failure triggered by missing validation in the MAT coder.
- 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-2017-12670?
CVE-2017-12670 is a medium-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
In ImageMagick 7.0.6-3, missing validation was found in coders/mat.c, leading to an assertion failure in the function DestroyImage in MagickCore/image.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12670?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12670?
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-2017-12670 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12670 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12670, GHSA-pw6r-44v2-9m73, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12670.