Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.91% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-IMAGEMAGICK-401375
  • published1 Sept 2017
  • disclosed1 Sept 2017

Introduced: 1 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12693  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u10 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ReadBMPImage function in coders/bmp.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted BMP file.