CVE-2017-5507 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in ImageMagick's pixel cache handling, requiring an upgrade to patched versions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-5507?
CVE-2017-5507 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 24 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in coders/mpc.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.7-4 and 7.x before 7.0.4-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a pixel cache.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5507?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5507?
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-2017-5507 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5507 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5507, GHSA-2g8w-m86w-fcpc, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5507.