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Debian: CVE-2017-13140: imagemagick -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-13140: imagemagick -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/05/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

In ImageMagick before 6.9.9-1 and 7.x before 7.0.6-2, the ReadOnePNGImage function in coders/png.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang in LockSemaphoreInfo) via a PNG file with a width equal to MAGICK_WIDTH_LIMIT.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-imagemagick

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