CVE-2017-6498

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6498
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-06 02:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-13 13:48:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in ImageMagick 6.9.7. Incorrect TGA files could trigger assertion failures, thus leading to DoS.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick 6.9.7 All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick 6.9.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ImageMagick CVE-2017-6498 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#856878 - CVE-2017-6498: TGA files could trigger assertion failures - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3808-1 imagemagick DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Fix variable reuse confusion in WriteTGAImage causing assertion failure by Javantea · Pull Request #359 · ImageMagick/ImageMagick · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/359 · ImageMagick/ImageMagick@65f75a3 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
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