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CVE-2017-12806 (GCVE-0-2017-12806)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-05-09 15:11 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:51
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Summary
In ImageMagick 7.0.6-6, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function format8BIM, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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