Resource exhaustion in Imagemagick
CVE-2017-17682
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, a large loop vulnerability was found in the function ExtractPostscript in coders/wpg.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted wpg image file that triggers a ReadWPGImage call.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
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 (86.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.8% 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 7.0.7-12
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/870 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00000.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102202 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html (mailing-list)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-17682?
- CVE-2017-17682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-12-14.
- How severe is CVE-2017-17682?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.