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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2017-12693

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

The ReadBMPImage function in coders/bmp.c in ImageMagick6 before 6.9.9-6 and ImageMagick7 before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted BMP 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