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CVE-2017-12692 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2017-12692

CVE-2017-12692

MEDIUM6.5

The ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff

Published Sep 1, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/653

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12692

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

6.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

6.5/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedSep 1, 2017

ModifiedAug 5, 2024