Resource exhaustion in Imagemagick
CVE-2017-14341
ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 has a large loop vulnerability in ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c, causing CPU exhaustion via a crafted wpg image file.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-6
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/654 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7d63315a64267c565d1f34b9cb523a14616fe… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-14341?
- CVE-2017-14341 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-12.
- How severe is CVE-2017-14341?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.