CVE-2017-7942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The ReadAVSImage function in avs.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-4 allows remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.

Published: 2017-04-18

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:7.0.5-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2017-16913	The ReadAVSImage function in avs.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-4 allows remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3302-1	ImageMagick vulnerabilities

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 0.00317.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97946
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/429
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7942
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7942

History

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Subscriptions

Imagemagick Imagemagick

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-18T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.353Z

Reserved: 2017-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7942

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-18T19:59:00.260

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

Link: CVE-2017-7942

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7942 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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