CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-11523

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Jul 22, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
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
LOW
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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.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ImagemagickImagemagick*6.9.9-0 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.0-0 (including)7.0.0-0 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-0 (including)7.0.1-0 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-1 (including)7.0.1-1 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-2 (including)7.0.1-2 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-3 (including)7.0.1-3 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-4 (including)7.0.1-4 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-5 (including)7.0.1-5 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-6 (including)7.0.1-6 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-7 (including)7.0.1-7 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-8 (including)7.0.1-8 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-9 (including)7.0.1-9 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.1-10 (including)7.0.1-10 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-0 (including)7.0.2-0 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-1 (including)7.0.2-1 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-2 (including)7.0.2-2 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-3 (including)7.0.2-3 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-4 (including)7.0.2-4 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-5 (including)7.0.2-5 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-6 (including)7.0.2-6 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-7 (including)7.0.2-7 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-8 (including)7.0.2-8 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-9 (including)7.0.2-9 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.2-10 (including)7.0.2-10 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-0 (including)7.0.3-0 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-1 (including)7.0.3-1 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-2 (including)7.0.3-2 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-3 (including)7.0.3-3 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-4 (including)7.0.3-4 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-5 (including)7.0.3-5 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-6 (including)7.0.3-6 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-7 (including)7.0.3-7 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-8 (including)7.0.3-8 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-9 (including)7.0.3-9 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.3-10 (including)7.0.3-10 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-0 (including)7.0.4-0 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-1 (including)7.0.4-1 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-2 (including)7.0.4-2 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-3 (including)7.0.4-3 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-4 (including)7.0.4-4 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-5 (including)7.0.4-5 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-6 (including)7.0.4-6 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-7 (including)7.0.4-7 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-8 (including)7.0.4-8 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-9 (including)7.0.4-9 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.4-10 (including)7.0.4-10 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.5-0 (including)7.0.5-0 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.5-1 (including)7.0.5-1 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.5-4 (including)7.0.5-4 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.5-5 (including)7.0.5-5 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.5-6 (including)7.0.5-6 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.5-7 (including)7.0.5-7 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.5-8 (including)7.0.5-8 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.6-1 (including)7.0.6-1 (including)
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
ImagemagickUbuntutrusty*
ImagemagickUbuntutrusty/esm*
ImagemagickUbuntuupstream*
ImagemagickUbuntuxenial*
ImagemagickUbuntuzesty*

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