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CVE-2017-17682 Details

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, a large loop vulnerability was found in the function ExtractPostscript in coders/wpg.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted wpg image file that triggers a ReadWPGImage call.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/870 CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00000.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
imagemagick imagemagick
7.0.7-12 q16

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-12:q16:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
14.04
16.04
17.10
18.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-17682
NVD Published Date:
Dec 14, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-17682 Details - Not Deferred