What is the severity of CVE-2017-12428?

CVE-2017-12428 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to potential denial of service risks.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12428?

To mitigate CVE-2017-12428, upgrade ImageMagick to versions 6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u1 or later.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2017-12428?

CVE-2017-12428 is a memory leak vulnerability found in the ReadWMFImage function.

Which versions of ImageMagick are affected by CVE-2017-12428?

ImageMagick version 7.0.6-1 and below are affected by CVE-2017-12428.

What impact does CVE-2017-12428 have on applications?

CVE-2017-12428 can lead to denial of service by causing memory leaks during image processing.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2017-12428

high

7.5

CWE

772

4/8/2017

5/8/2024

CVE-2017-12428

First published: Fri Aug 04 2017(Updated: )

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-1, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadWMFImage in coders/wmf.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service in CloneDrawInfo in draw.c.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
debian/imagemagick		8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u1 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u5 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u1 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-4 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5
ImageMagick	=7.0.6-1

Remedy

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/544

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-12428?
CVE-2017-12428 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to potential denial of service risks.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12428?
To mitigate CVE-2017-12428, upgrade ImageMagick to versions 6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u1 or later.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2017-12428?
CVE-2017-12428 is a memory leak vulnerability found in the ReadWMFImage function.
Which versions of ImageMagick are affected by CVE-2017-12428?
ImageMagick version 7.0.6-1 and below are affected by CVE-2017-12428.
What impact does CVE-2017-12428 have on applications?
CVE-2017-12428 can lead to denial of service by causing memory leaks during image processing.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-12428?
CVE-2017-12428 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to potential denial of service risks.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12428?
To mitigate CVE-2017-12428, upgrade ImageMagick to versions 6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u1 or later.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2017-12428?
CVE-2017-12428 is a memory leak vulnerability found in the ReadWMFImage function.
Which versions of ImageMagick are affected by CVE-2017-12428?
ImageMagick version 7.0.6-1 and below are affected by CVE-2017-12428.
What impact does CVE-2017-12428 have on applications?
CVE-2017-12428 can lead to denial of service by causing memory leaks during image processing.