Vulnerability in Imagemagick
CVE-2017-11523
The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file, because the end-of-file condition is not considered.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (86.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Imagemagick — versions 7.0.0-0, 7.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/83e0f8ffd7eeb7661b0ff83257da23d24ca7f… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/869210 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/591 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a8f9c2aabed37cd6a728532d1aed13ae0f3df… (Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-11523?
- CVE-2017-11523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-22.
- How severe is CVE-2017-11523?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.