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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-13143

High
7.5/10

Summary

In ImageMagick 6.x before 6.9.7-6 and ImageMagick 7.x before 7.0.4-6, the ReadMATImage function in "coders/mat.c" uses uninitialized data, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory.

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

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published