CVE-2017-13145 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a crash in ImageMagick by providing a malformed JP2 image with invalid channel geometry, leading to 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-2017-13145?
CVE-2017-13145 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 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 before 6.9.8-8 and 7.x before 7.0.5-9, the ReadJP2Image function in coders/jp2.c does not properly validate the channel geometry, leading to a crash.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13145?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13145?
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-2017-13145 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13145 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13145, GHSA-p8j4-jg7p-468p, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13145.