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Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.41% (74th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-IMAGEMAGICK-519538
  • published 18 May 2018
  • disclosed 18 May 2018
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Introduced: 18 May 2018

CVE-2017-18271 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-835 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3 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.

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