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CVE-2017-16546 Detail

Current Description

The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-9 does not properly validate the colormap index in a WPG palette, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use of uninitialized data or invalid memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed WPG file.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  11/05/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2130bf6f89ded32ef0c88a11694f107c52566c53 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/e04cf3e9524f50ca336253513d977224e083b816 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/851 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4040
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
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cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-16546
NVD Published Date:
11/05/2017
NVD Last Modified:
06/13/2018