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CVE-2017-12587

Excessive Iteration

Published: Aug 06, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12587
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/834.html

ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has a large loop vulnerability in the ReadPWPImage function in coderspwp.c.

Weakness

The product performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.6-1 (including)7.0.6-1 (including)
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
ImagemagickUbuntutrusty*
ImagemagickUbuntutrusty/esm*
ImagemagickUbuntuupstream*
ImagemagickUbuntuxenial*
ImagemagickUbuntuzesty*

References

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