Medium severity · published Jul 22, 2017
CVE-2017-11523
The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.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) via a crafted…
6.5
CVSS
3.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.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) via a crafted file, because the end-of-file condition is not considered.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.5% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
Imagemagick · Imagemagick
through 6.9.9-0; 7.0.0-0; 7.0.1-0; 7.0.1-1; 7.0.1-2; 7.0.1-3; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11523
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11523
Exploit
https://bugs.debian.org/869210
Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/83e0f8ffd7eeb7661b0ff83257da23d24ca7f078
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a8f9c2aabed37cd6a728532d1aed13ae0f3dfd78
Exploit
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/591
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019
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