What is CVE-2017-12875?

CVE-2017-12875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-12875?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-12875

The WritePixelCachePixels function in ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted file.

EPSS: 0.024 (82.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12875?: CVE-2017-12875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-12875?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.