Resource Exhaustion Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-IMAGEMAGICK-1548400
  • published2 Aug 2017
  • disclosed2 Aug 2017

Introduced: 2 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12140  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-681  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ReadDCMImage function in coders\dcm.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has an integer signedness error leading to excessive memory consumption via a crafted DCM file.