CVE-2017-14531 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause memory exhaustion and denial of service in ImageMagick by processing specially crafted SUN images.

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-2017-14531?

CVE-2017-14531 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu 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

ImageMagick 7.0.7-0 has a memory exhaustion issue in ReadSUNImage in coders/sun.c.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14531?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14531?

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-2017-14531 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14531 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14531, GHSA-ccpf-5rrh-hpvq, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14531.

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