6.5

CVE-2017-14741: imagemagick Infinite Loop

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-14741DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14741
Published 26-09-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-14741 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 1
DLA-1131-1DLA-1785-1DLA-2366-1MGASA-2018-0229USN-3681-1

Timeline

  1. 26-09-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ReadCAPTIONImage function in coders/caption.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted font file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.38% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
Imagemagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11 | < 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11 | < 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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