Medium severity · published Aug 4, 2017
CVE-2017-12427
The ProcessMSLScript function in coders/msl.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.9-5 and 7.x before 7.0.6-5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted…
6.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ProcessMSLScript function in coders/msl.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.9-5 and 7.x before 7.0.6-5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file, related to the WriteMSLImage function.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
Imagemagick · Imagemagick
through 6.9.9-4; 7.0.1-0; 7.0.1-1; 7.0.1-2; 7.0.1-3; 7.0.1-4; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12427
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12427
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/e793eb203e5e0f91f5037aed6585e81b1e27395b
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/636
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07
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