Bug 1581486 (CVE-2017-18271)

Summary:	CVE-2017-18271 ImageMagick: infinite loop in ReadMIFFImage function in coders/miff.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	jhorak, mike, pahan
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Bug Depends On:	1581487, 1581488, 1581490, 1586218, 1586219
Bug Blocks:	1581491

Description Laura Pardo 2018-05-22 22:44:26 UTC

A flaw was found in ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22, an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted MIFF image file.


References:
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/911

Patch:
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7523250e2664028aa1d8f02d2d7ae49c769a851e

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-05-22 22:44:50 UTC

Created ImageMagick tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1581487]

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-03-31 19:31:38 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:1180 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1180

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-03-31 22:32:23 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-18271