Medium severity · published Aug 7, 2017
CVE-2017-12643
ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ReadOneJNGImage in coders\png.c
6.5
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ReadOneJNGImage in coders\png.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
IM
Imagemagick · Imagemagick
7.0.6-1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12643
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12643
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100218
Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d9ccd8227c4c88a907cda5278408b73552cb0c07
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/549
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
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