VDB-104810 · CVE-2017-12418 · Nessus 103333

ImageMagick 7.0.6-5 coders/meta.c parse8BIMW/format8BIM memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick 7.0.6-5. It has been declared as problematic. This affects the function parse8BIMW/format8BIM of the file coders/meta.c. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-12418. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick 7.0.6-5 (Image Processing Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function parse8BIMW/format8BIM of the file coders/meta.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

ImageMagick 7.0.6-5 has memory leaks in the parse8BIMW and format8BIM functions in coders/meta.c, related to the WriteImage function in MagickCore/constitute.c.

The bug was discovered 08/02/2017. The weakness was published 08/04/2017 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-12418 since 08/03/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103333 (Fedora 25 : 1:emacs / ImageMagick / WindowMaker / autotrace / converseen / etc (2017-3a568adb31)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 170773 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2018:0486-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103333). Similar entries are available at VDB-103302, VDB-104388, VDB-104518 and VDB-104519. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Image Processing Software

Name

ImageMagick

Version

7.0.6-5

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://www.imagemagick.org/

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 103333
Nessus Name: Fedora 25 : 1:emacs / ImageMagick / WindowMaker / autotrace / converseen / etc (2017-3a568adb31)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for WindowMaker FEDORA-2017-8f27031c8f
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/02/2017 🔍
08/03/2017 +1 days 🔍
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08/04/2017 +1 days 🔍
08/04/2017 +0 days 🔍
09/19/2017 +46 days 🔍
09/20/2017 +1 days 🔍
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