CVE-2017-9098

Public Exploit

Description

ImageMagick before 7.0.5-2 and GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 use uninitialized memory in the RLE decoder, allowing an attacker to leak sensitive information from process memory space, as demonstrated by remote attacks against ImageMagick code in a long-running server process that converts image data on behalf of multiple users. This is caused by a missing initialization step in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.46% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/diff/0a5b75e019b6/coders/rle.c third party advisory patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1c358ffe0049f768dd49a8a889c1cbf99ac9849b third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98593 vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html third party advisory mailing list
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2017/05/bleed-continues-18-byte-file-14k-bounty.html exploit third party advisory technical description
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3863 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-9098?
CVE-2017-9098 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-9098?
To fix CVE-2017-9098, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-9098 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-9098 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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