CVE-2017-11188

Publication date 12 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The ReadDPXImage function in coders\dpx.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-0 has a large loop vulnerability that can cause CPU exhaustion via a crafted DPX file, related to lack of an EOF check.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	17.04 zesty	Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-3ubuntu1.2
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.8
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.8

Notes

mdeslaur

This is 0058-1-2-CPU-exhaustion-in-ReadDPXImage.patch and 0059-1-2-CPU-exhaustion-in-ReadDPXImage.patch

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: e972834 Upstream: 42ceb8e Upstream: 4faa884

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H