Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting ImageMagick/ImageMagick package, versions [6.0.0,6.2.2.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.16% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-IMAGEMAGICKIMAGEMAGICK-3007855
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 May 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 May 2005

CVE-2005-1739  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ImageMagick/ImageMagick to version 6.2.2.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The XWD Decoder in ImageMagick before 6.2.2.3, and GraphicsMagick before 1.1.6-r1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an image with a zero color mask.

CVSS Base Scores

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