CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-11526

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Published: Jul 23, 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
MEDIUM

The ReadOneMNGImage function in coders/png.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.9-0 and 7.x before 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted file.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Imagemagick Imagemagick * 6.9.8-10 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-0 (including) 7.0.1-0 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-1 (including) 7.0.1-1 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-2 (including) 7.0.1-2 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-3 (including) 7.0.1-3 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-4 (including) 7.0.1-4 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-5 (including) 7.0.1-5 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-6 (including) 7.0.1-6 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-7 (including) 7.0.1-7 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-8 (including) 7.0.1-8 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-9 (including) 7.0.1-9 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.1-10 (including) 7.0.1-10 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-0 (including) 7.0.2-0 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-1 (including) 7.0.2-1 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-2 (including) 7.0.2-2 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-3 (including) 7.0.2-3 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-4 (including) 7.0.2-4 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-5 (including) 7.0.2-5 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-6 (including) 7.0.2-6 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-7 (including) 7.0.2-7 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-8 (including) 7.0.2-8 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-9 (including) 7.0.2-9 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.2-10 (including) 7.0.2-10 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-0 (including) 7.0.3-0 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-1 (including) 7.0.3-1 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-2 (including) 7.0.3-2 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-3 (including) 7.0.3-3 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-4 (including) 7.0.3-4 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-5 (including) 7.0.3-5 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-6 (including) 7.0.3-6 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-7 (including) 7.0.3-7 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-8 (including) 7.0.3-8 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-9 (including) 7.0.3-9 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.3-10 (including) 7.0.3-10 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-0 (including) 7.0.4-0 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-1 (including) 7.0.4-1 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-2 (including) 7.0.4-2 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-3 (including) 7.0.4-3 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-4 (including) 7.0.4-4 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-5 (including) 7.0.4-5 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-6 (including) 7.0.4-6 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-7 (including) 7.0.4-7 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-8 (including) 7.0.4-8 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-9 (including) 7.0.4-9 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.4-10 (including) 7.0.4-10 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.5-0 (including) 7.0.5-0 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.5-1 (including) 7.0.5-1 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.5-4 (including) 7.0.5-4 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.5-5 (including) 7.0.5-5 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.5-6 (including) 7.0.5-6 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.5-7 (including) 7.0.5-7 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.5-8 (including) 7.0.5-8 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.5-9 (including) 7.0.5-9 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.5-10 (including) 7.0.5-10 (including)
Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.0.6-0 (including) 7.0.6-0 (including)
Imagemagick Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Imagemagick Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Imagemagick Ubuntu trusty *
Imagemagick Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Imagemagick Ubuntu upstream *
Imagemagick Ubuntu xenial *
Imagemagick Ubuntu yakkety *
Imagemagick Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

  • Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:

  • The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.

  • The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute – and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.

References