What is CVE-2017-13132?

CVE-2017-13132 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-13132?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-13132

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-8, the WritePDFImage function in coders/pdf.c operates on an incorrect data structure in the "dump uncompressed PseudoColor packets" step, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure in WriteBlobStream in MagickCore/blob.c) via a crafted file.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.9th 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 7.0.6-8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13132?: CVE-2017-13132 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-13132?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.