CVE-2017-14138 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in ImageMagick's WebP decoder allows attackers to cause denial of service by triggering specific error conditions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-14138?
CVE-2017-14138 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 4 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ImageMagick 7.0.6-5 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadWEBPImage in coders/webp.c because memory is not freed in certain error cases, as demonstrated by VP8 errors.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14138?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-14138?
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-2017-14138 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14138, GHSA-m6v7-949f-98pp.