CVE-2017-17682

MEDIUM

ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 - Denial of Service via Crafted WPG Image File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, a large loop vulnerability was found in the function ExtractPostscript in coders/wpg.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted wpg image file that triggers a ReadWPGImage call.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/870
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102202
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0171
EPSS Percentile 82.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
debian/debian_linux 7.0
imagemagick/imagemagick 7.0.7-12 q16
Published Dec 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026