Excessive Iteration Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-IMAGEMAGICK-402103
  • published27 Dec 2017
  • disclosed27 Dec 2017

Introduced: 27 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17914  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-834  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16, a vulnerability was found in the function ReadOnePNGImage in coders/png.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (ReadOneMNGImage large loop) via a crafted mng image file.