Denial of service in ImageMagick

1) Excessive Iteration

EUVDB-ID: #VU46332

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17914

CWE-ID: CWE-834 - Excessive Iteration

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive iteration within the ReadOnePNGImage() function in coders/png.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted mng file to the application and crash it.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.7-0 - 7.0.7.7

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.7-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/908
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00000.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.