CVE-2017-8343

Publication date 30 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.5-5, the ReadAAIImage function in aai.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 17.04 zesty
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-3ubuntu1.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.6
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.7
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.7
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

This is 0193-Fix-CVE-2017-8343.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3302-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 30 May 2017

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