CVE-2017-18252

Publication date 26 March 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 7.0.7. The MogrifyImageList function in MagickWand/mogrify.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit in ReplaceImageInList) via a crafted file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2
17.10 artful
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu2.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11

Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3681-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 12 June 2018

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