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CVE-2017-18273

Published: 18 May 2018

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22, an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadTXTImage in coders/txt.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted image file that is mishandled in a GetImageIndexInList call.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
CVE-2017-18273.patch in wheezy

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
imagemagick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3)
xenial
Released (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11)
artful
Released (8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu2.2)
bionic
Released (8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2)
trusty
Released (8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b8fcb59e9e1d1189caf2e0f5e39346944dcd6b9d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H