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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.55% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-IMAGEMAGICK-17965655
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • 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 Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.