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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2017-12670

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

In ImageMagick6 before 6.9.9-3 and ImageMagick7 before 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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published