CVE-2017-15217 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in ImageMagick's SGI image reader allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- 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-2017-15217?
CVE-2017-15217 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 10 Oct 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 7.0.7-2 has a memory leak in ReadSGIImage in coders/sgi.c.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15217?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-15217?
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-2017-15217 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15217 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15217, GHSA-648c-w732-vv33, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15217.