Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published May 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-18273
CVE-2017-18273
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22, an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadTXTImage in coders/txt.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted image file that is mishandled in a GetImageIndexInList call.
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Affected products
27.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1, 7.0.1-10, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 7.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1, 7.0.1-10, …
- (no CPE)range: 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22
Patches
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References
5- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/910nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.htmlnvd
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