CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-11446

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Jul 19, 2017 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The ReadPESImage function in coderspes.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has an infinite loop vulnerability that can cause CPU exhaustion via a crafted PES file.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.6-1 (including) 7.0.6-1 (including)
Imagemagick Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Imagemagick Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Imagemagick Ubuntu trusty *
Imagemagick Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Imagemagick Ubuntu xenial *
Imagemagick Ubuntu yakkety *
Imagemagick Ubuntu zesty *

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