In coders/xbm.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 Q16, a DoS in ReadXBMImage() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted XBM file, which claims large rows and columns fields in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over the rows would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade imagemagick | Feb 25, 2019 | Sep 7, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-gfx/imagemagick. | Nov 13, 2017 | Sep 7, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 7, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libMagickCore1-32bitUpgrade imagemagick-config-6-suseUpgrade imagemagick-develUpgrade libmagickwand-6_q16-1Upgrade libMagickWand1Upgrade perl-perlmagickUpgrade libMagickWand1-32bitUpgrade libMagickCore1Upgrade imagemagickUpgrade libmagickcore-6_q16-1-32bitUpgrade libmagick-develUpgrade libMagick++1Upgrade libmagick-6_q16-3Upgrade libmagickcore-6_q16-1Upgrade imagemagick-config-6-upstream | Dec 20, 2017 | Sep 7, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extraUpgrade libmagick++-6.q16-5v5Upgrade imagemagick-6.q16Upgrade libmagick++5Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extraUpgrade imagemagickUpgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-3Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-2Upgrade libmagickcore5-extraUpgrade libmagick++-6.q16-7Upgrade libmagickcore5 | Jun 19, 2018 | Sep 7, 2017 |
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