# CVE-2017-5508: Heap-based buffer overflow in the PushQuantumPixel function in ImageMagick before 6.9.7-3 and 7.x before 7.0.4-3 allows remote attackers to

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-03-24 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PushQuantumPixel function in ImageMagick before 6.9.7-3 and 7.x before 7.0.4-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF file.

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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/16/6
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.7-3/ChangeLog
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31161
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-09
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c073a7712d82476b5fbee74856c46b88af9c3175
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95748
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851381
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/5
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.4-3/ChangeLog

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