CVE-2017-18273 Information

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22 an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadTXTImage in coders/txt.c which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted image file that is mishandled in a GetImageIndexInList call.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/910 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5