SB2017093003 - Denial of service in ImageMagick



SB2017093003 - Denial of service in ImageMagick

Published: September 30, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017093003
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18209)

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the GetOpenCLCachedFilesDirectory function due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can trigger memory allocation and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.