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CVE-2017-18271

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Date: May 18, 2018

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.

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Related Resources (10)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18271
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/911
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-18271
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18271
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18271
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-18271

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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