First published: Fri May 18 2018(Updated: )
A flaw was found in ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22, an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted MIFF image file. References: <a href="https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/911">https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/911</a> Patch: <a href="https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7523250e2664028aa1d8f02d2d7ae49c769a851e">https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7523250e2664028aa1d8f02d2d7ae49c769a851e</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
ImageMagick ImageMagick | =7.0.7-16 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =17.10 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
IBM Data Risk Manager | <=2.0.6 | |
debian/imagemagick | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u3 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u2 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1 8:6.9.13.12+dfsg1-1 8:7.1.1.39+dfsg1-1 |
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CVE-2017-18271 is a vulnerability in ImageMagick that allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by triggering an infinite loop.
The severity of CVE-2017-18271 is high, with a severity value of 6.5.
ImageMagick version 7.0.7-16 is affected by CVE-2017-18271.
To fix CVE-2017-18271, you should apply the latest patches provided by the vendor or update to a patched version of ImageMagick.
You can find more information about CVE-2017-18271 on the official GitHub page for ImageMagick and the security advisory pages for Debian and Ubuntu.