Bug 1461896 (CVE-2017-9501)

Summary: CVE-2017-9501 ImageMagick: Assertion failure in LockSemaphoreInfo
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: abhgupta, ethan, jhorak, kseifried, nmurray, pahan, tiwillia
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-06-15 14:23:44 UTC
In ImageMagick an assertion failure was found in the function LockSemaphoreInfo, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/491

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/01843366d6a7b96e22ad7bb67f3df7d9fd4d5d74