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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2017-14531

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

In ImageMagick7 before 7.0.7-0 and ImageMagick6 before 6.9.9-11 has a memory exhaustion issue in ReadSUNImage in "coders/sun.c".

  • 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