CVE-2017-12692 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Imagemagick

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 23.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
ImagemagickDebian ImagemagickCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 1
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3 (bookworm)
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3+3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-79pr-x8cf-vhgw: The ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-12692: The ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff↗2017-09-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
ImageMagick vulnerabilities↗2018-06-12
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Red Hat
ImageMagick: Memory exhaustion in ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff.c↗2017-09-01
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Debian
CVE-2017-12692: imagemagick - The ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 allows remote...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12692 ImageMagick: Memory exhaustion in ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff.c↗2017-09-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12691 CVE-2017-12692 CVE-2017-12693 ImageMagick: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-09-05
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