ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 coders/palm.c WritePALMImage memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in ImageMagick 7.0.6-2. Impacted is the function WritePALMImage of the file coders/palm.c. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-12664. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 (Image Processing Software). This affects the function WritePALMImage of the file coders/palm.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 has a memory leak vulnerability in WritePALMImage in coders/palm.c.

The bug was discovered 07/17/2017. The weakness was disclosed 08/07/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-12664 since 08/07/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 21 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102889 (Debian DLA-1081-1 : imagemagick security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian 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 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (102889). The entries VDB-104360, VDB-104389, VDB-104390 and VDB-104391 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Image Processing Software

Name

• ImageMagick

Version

• 7.0.6-2

License

• open-source

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 102889
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-1081-1 : imagemagick security update
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for WindowMaker FEDORA-2017-8f27031c8f
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

07/17/2017 🔍
08/07/2017 +21 days 🔍
08/07/2017 +0 days 🔍
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08/08/2017 +1 days 🔍
08/31/2017 +23 days 🔍
09/01/2017 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: imagemagick.org

Advisory: 0417cea1b6d72f90bd4f1f573f91e42a8ba66a89
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-12664 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12664
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104967
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2017 14:54
Updated: 12/15/2022 10:44
Changes: 08/08/2017 14:54 (73), 11/04/2019 15:48 (3), 12/15/2022 10:44 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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