ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 coders/cals.c WriteCALSImage memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ImageMagick 7.0.6-2. Affected is the function WriteCALSImage of the file coders/cals.c. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-12669. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 (Image Processing Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function WriteCALSImage of the file coders/cals.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 7.0.6-2 has a memory leak vulnerability in WriteCALSImage in coders/cals.c.

The bug was discovered 07/17/2017. The weakness was disclosed 08/07/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-12669 since 08/07/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

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 105409 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2017:3388-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 170610 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2017:3378-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (105409). The entries VDB-104392, VDB-104640, VDB-104954 and VDB-104965 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 105409
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2017:3388-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 870971
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for ImageMagick openSUSE-SU-2017:3420-1 (ImageMagick)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Product: imagemagick.org

Advisory: 73b6c35cede48ccb2e29dbe62c2d77488e5e70b7
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-12669 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12669
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104972
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2017 14:55
Updated: 12/15/2022 11:16
Changes: 08/08/2017 14:55 (67), 11/04/2019 16:02 (9), 12/15/2022 11:16 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:106:103

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