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title: "CVE-2017-14175\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-14175

Publication date 7 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14175?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

In coders/xbm.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 Q16, a DoS in ReadXBMImage() due to
lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a
crafted XBM file, which claims large rows and columns fields in the header
but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over
the rows would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check
inside the loop.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14175?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| imagemagick | 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2 |
| 17.10 artful | Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu2.2 |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14175?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

0314-CVE-2017-14175-Fix-DoS-missing-EOF-check-in-ReadXBMImage-1-of-2.patch and
0315-CVE-2017-14175-Fix-DoS-missing-EOF-check-in-ReadXBMImage-2-of-2.patch in wheezy

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| imagemagick | * Upstream:   [b8c63b1](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b8c63b156bf26b52e710b1a0643c846a6cd01e56) * Upstream:   [169a20e](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/169a20e13ee634aba7ebab94775497d6a89f5ec1) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14175)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14175)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-14175)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14175)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3681-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3681-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 12 June 2018

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14175>