Medium severity · published May 18, 2018
CVE-2017-18271
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22, an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of…
6.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22, an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted MIFF image file.
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)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
IM
Imagemagick · Imagemagick
7.0.7-16 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 17.10; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18271
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18271
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/911
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
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