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In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16, a vulnerability was found in...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 20, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 27, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Apr 20, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(66th percentile)

Weaknesses

Excessive Iteration

The product performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2017-17914

GHSA ID

GHSA-gmjr-x4x2-pp26

Source code

No known source code

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