CVE-2017-11523 — Infinite Loop in Imagemagick

CWE-835 — Infinite LoopCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
ImagemagickDebian Imagemagick
Timeline
PublishedJul 22
Latest updateMay 13

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:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-14 (bookworm)
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-14+3
▶NVDimagemagick/imagemagick6.9.9-0+53

Patches

Patch: bugs.debian.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: bugs.debian.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wffr-63m7-q9q4: The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-11523: The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt↗2017-07-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
ImageMagick: Endless loop in ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c↗2017-07-21
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Debian
CVE-2017-11523: imagemagick - The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11523 ImageMagick: Endless loop in ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c↗2017-07-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11523 ImageMagick: Endless loop in ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c [fedora-all]↗2017-07-25
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