CVE-2017-12672 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-3, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Published: 2017-08-07

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.6-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-4211	In ImageMagick 7.0.6-3, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00223.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100224
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/617
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12672
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12672

History

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Subscriptions

Imagemagick Imagemagick

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-07T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:43:56.406Z

Reserved: 2017-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12672

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-07T21:29:00.533

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-12672

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12672 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-772

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