Excessive Iteration in ImageMagick - CVE-2017-17914
Published: December 27, 2017 / Updated: January 6, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46332
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17914
CWE-ID: CWE-834
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
ImageMagick
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17914
Install update from vendor's website.
ImageMagick - update to 7.0.7-16