CVE-2017-12670

Publication date 7 August 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-3, missing validation was found in coders/mat.c, leading to an assertion failure in the function DestroyImage in MagickCore/image.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11

Notes

mdeslaur

0108-assertion-failed-in-DestroyImage-due-to-mat-coder.patch in unstable 0284-CVE-2017-12670-Fix-missing-validation-in-ReadMATImage-1-2.patch and 0285-CVE-2017-12670-Fix-missing-validation-in-ReadMATImage-2-2.patch in wheezy

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: ab440f9 Upstream: 75db34b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H