high
7.1
CWE
835
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2017-18273

First published: Fri May 18 2018(Updated: )

ImageMagick is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw in the function ReadTXTImage in coders/txt.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
ImageMagick ImageMagick=7.0.7-16
Debian Debian Linux=7.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=17.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
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
8:7.1.1.39+dfsg1-3

Remedy

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b8fcb59e9e1d1189caf2e0f5e39346944dcd6b9d

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2017-18273?

    CVE-2017-18273 is a vulnerability in ImageMagick that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted image file.

  • How severe is the CVE-2017-18273 vulnerability?

    The severity of the CVE-2017-18273 vulnerability is high with a severity value of 6.5.

  • Which software is affected by CVE-2017-18273?

    ImageMagick versions 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 and prior are affected by CVE-2017-18273.

  • How do I fix the CVE-2017-18273 vulnerability?

    To fix the CVE-2017-18273 vulnerability, apply the appropriate patches or updates provided by the software vendor.

  • Where can I find more information about CVE-2017-18273?

    You can find more information about CVE-2017-18273 at the following references: [link1](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/910), [link2](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html), [link3](https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/).

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