CVE-2017-14060 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in ImageMagick by submitting a malformed image file that triggers a null pointer dereference.

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-2017-14060?

CVE-2017-14060 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 31 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 7.0.6-10, a NULL Pointer Dereference issue is present in the ReadCUTImage function in coders/cut.c that could allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (in the QueueAuthenticPixelCacheNexus function within the MagickCore/cache.c file) by submitting a malformed image file.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14060?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14060?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-14060 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14060 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14060, GHSA-6487-f97w-h6pg, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14060.

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