Resource Exhaustion Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-IMAGEMAGICK-400820
  • published23 Jul 2017
  • disclosed23 Jul 2017

Introduced: 23 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11530  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 imagemagick to version 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u10 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ReadEPTImage function in coders/ept.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.9-0 and 7.x before 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted file.