Resource Exhaustion Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-IMAGEMAGICK-401097
  • published12 Sept 2017
  • disclosed12 Sept 2017

Introduced: 12 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14342  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 has a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c via a crafted wpg image file.