CVE-2017-9098
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 7.0.5.2-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.3.24-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.3.24-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.3.24-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.3.24-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.3.24-1 |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick | {"endExcluding":"6.9.8-1"} | 6.9.8-1 |
| graphicsmagick | graphicsmagick | {"endExcluding":"1.3.24"} | 1.3.24 |
References
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/diff/0a5b75e019b6/coders/rle.c
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3863
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98593
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1c358ffe0049f768dd49a8a889c1cbf99ac9849b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2017/05/bleed-continues-18-byte-file-14k-bounty.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9098.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9098
CWEs
CWE-908
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.