CVE-2017-13736 Denial of service in n/a
Memory leaks in GraphicsMagick allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted commands.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-13736?
CVE-2017-13736 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, published on 29 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
There are lots of memory leaks in the GMCommand function in magick/command.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13736?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13736?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13736 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2017-13736 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13736 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13736, ECHO-dfb6-9966-93ab, GHSA-h38q-p5gr-8r5r, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13736.