CVE-2017-13066 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in GraphicsMagick 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-2017-13066?
CVE-2017-13066 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, published on 22 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
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a memory leak vulnerability in the function CloneImage in magick/image.c.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13066?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13066?
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-2017-13066 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13066 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13066, GHSA-8hvw-vw2f-mvvg, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13066.