CVE-2017-14174

Public Exploit

Description

In coders/psd.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-0 Q16, a DoS in ReadPSDLayersInternal() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted PSD file, which claims a large "length" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over "length" would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.54%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f68a98a9d385838a1c73ec960a14102949940a64 issue tracking third party advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/04a567494786d5bb50894fc8bb8fea0cf496bea8 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/714 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-14174?
CVE-2017-14174 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-14174?
To fix CVE-2017-14174, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-14174 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-14174 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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