CVE-2017-14528 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2017-14528?

CVE-2017-14528 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Sep 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

The TIFFSetProfiles function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6 has incorrect expectations about whether LibTIFF TIFFGetField return values imply that data validation has occurred, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free after an invalid call to TIFFSetField, and application crash) via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14528?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14528?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2017-14528 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14528 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14528, GHSA-qjm7-3pg8-fh7v, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14528.