Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-IMAGEMAGICK-531930
  • published20 Jul 2017
  • disclosed20 Jul 2017

Introduced: 20 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11478  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (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 ReadOneDJVUImage function in coders/djvu.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed DJVU image.