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 service (CPU
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-05-18 19:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 21:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-05-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 052c5533ad04a7425a6ca44d7f324ce9f084f839175ee139e15a27f50959c68b
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180523 [SECURITY] [DLA 1381-1] imagemagick security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3681-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
- github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/911
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190514 [SECURITY] [DLA 1785-1] imagemagick security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200907 [SECURITY] [DLA 2366-1] imagemagick security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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