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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.