ImageMagick up to 7.0.6-10 MagickCore/identify.c IdentifyImage null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick up to 7.0.6-10. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is the function IdentifyImage of the file MagickCore/identify.c. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-13768. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick up to 7.0.6-10 (Image Processing Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function IdentifyImage of the file MagickCore/identify.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Null Pointer Dereference in the IdentifyImage function in MagickCore/identify.c in ImageMagick through 7.0.6-10 allows an attacker to perform denial of service by sending a crafted image file.

The bug was discovered 08/29/2017. The weakness was presented 08/30/2017 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-13768 since 08/30/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

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 104515 (GLSA-201711-07 : ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171004 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2018:0857-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (104515) and SecurityFocus (BID 100569†). See VDB-105650, VDB-105651, VDB-105652 and VDB-105653 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 104515
Nessus Name: GLSA-201711-07 : ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for rubygem-rmagick FEDORA-2017-897a192750
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Product: imagemagick.org

Advisory: 706
Researcher: Kirit Sankar Gupta
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CVE: CVE-2017-13768 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-13768
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105973
SecurityFocus: 100569 - ImageMagick CVE-2017-13768 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 08/30/2017 16:46
Updated: 12/27/2022 10:00
Changes: 08/30/2017 16:46 (69), 11/12/2019 08:08 (12), 01/10/2021 12:42 (2), 12/27/2022 09:57 (3), 12/27/2022 10:00 (1)
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