Excessive Iteration Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-IMAGEMAGICK-519200
  • published12 Jul 2017
  • disclosed12 Jul 2017

Introduced: 12 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11188  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-834  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-12 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ReadDPXImage function in coders\dpx.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-0 has a large loop vulnerability that can cause CPU exhaustion via a crafted DPX file, related to lack of an EOF check.