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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2017-12692

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

The ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff.c in ImageMagick prior to 7.0.6-6, ImageMagick6 prior to 6.9.9-6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted VIFF file.

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

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published