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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2017-18253

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 7.0.7. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the function LoadOpenCLDevices in MagickCore/opencl.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

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

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published