ImageMagick: Lack of EOF check in the ReadXBMImage() function
Published Sep 7, 2017
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.12%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 7.0.6-1
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 17.10
- 18.04
- 8.0
- 9.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ImageMagick
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ImageMagick
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ImageMagick
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ImageMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ImageMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ImageMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02122) | 81.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02122) | 81.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00498) | 76.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00498) | 75.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00498) | 73.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00384) | 68.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 32.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14175 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489706 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d9a8234d211da30baf9526fbebe9a8438ea7e11c x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/712 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14175
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14175
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14175 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489706 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d9a8234d211da30baf9526fbebe9a8438ea7e11c | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/712 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14175 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14175 |
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