High severity · published May 9, 2019
CVE-2017-12805
In ImageMagick 7.0.6-6, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadTIFFImage, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service
7.5
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.6-6, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadTIFFImage, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
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
IM
Imagemagick · Imagemagick
7.0.6-6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12805
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12805
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00001.html
Exploit
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/664
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/
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