Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11
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- published18 May 2018
- disclosed18 May 2018
Introduced: 18 May 2018
CVE-2017-18273 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-18273
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18273
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/910
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/