Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting php72-pecl-imagick-debuginfo package, versions <0:3.4.4-2.10.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.41% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PHP72PECLIMAGICKDEBUGINFO-5889362
  • published8 Sept 2023
  • disclosed18 May 2018

Introduced: 18 May 2018

CVE-2017-18273  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php72-pecl-imagick-debuginfo to version 0:3.4.4-2.10.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1815.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php72-pecl-imagick-debuginfo package and not the php72-pecl-imagick-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22, an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadTXTImage in coders/txt.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted image file that is mishandled in a GetImageIndexInList call.