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CVE-2017-18271 (GCVE-0-2017-18271)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-18 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:13
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Summary
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22, an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted MIFF image file.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-05-18 00:00
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