7.1

CVE-2017-17914: canonical ubuntu_linux Excessive Iteration

CVSS: 7.1v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17914DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17914
Published 26-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17914 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Excessive Iteration vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.11%
0%100%
Low · +0.08 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3
DLA-1227-1DLA-1785-1DLA-2366-1SUSE-SU-2018:0349-1SUSE-SU-2018:0350-1USN-3681-1

Timeline

  1. 26-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16, a vulnerability was found in the function ReadOnePNGImage in coders/png.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (ReadOneMNGImage large loop) via a crafted mng image file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.08 pp

From 2.03% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.11%

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

Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
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

4 vendors · 5 products

References

9 links