Resource Exhaustion Affecting ImageMagick-perl package, versions <0:6.9.10.68-3.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-IMAGEMAGICKPERL-6228821
  • published6 Feb 2024
  • disclosed27 Mar 2018

Introduced: 27 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-18254  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ImageMagick-perl to version 0:6.9.10.68-3.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2432.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ImageMagick-perl package and not the ImageMagick-perl package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 7.0.7. A memory leak vulnerability was found in the function WriteGIFImage in coders/gif.c, which allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.