CVE-2017-11523

high-risk
Published 2017-07-22

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.38% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Imagemagick

References (12)

Exploit https://bugs.debian.org/869210
Patch https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/83e0f8ffd7eeb7661b0ff83257da23...
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a8f9c2aabed37cd6a728532d1aed13...
Exploit https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/591
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019
Exploit https://bugs.debian.org/869210
Patch https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/83e0f8ffd7eeb7661b0ff83257da23...
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a8f9c2aabed37cd6a728532d1aed13...
Exploit https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/591
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 26/34 · High