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Vulnerability details: VCID-9g1m-5cmq-ebf1
Vulnerability ID VCID-9g1m-5cmq-ebf1
Aliases CVE-2017-18273
Summary In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22, an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadTXTImage in coders/txt.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted image file that is mishandled in a GetImageIndexInList call.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.4
Risk 3.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-18273.json
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
epss 0.00208 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
cvssv2 7.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18273
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18273
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-18273.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18273
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18273
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/910
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
1581489 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1581489
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-18273 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18273
RHSA-2020:1180 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1180
USN-3681-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-18273.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

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low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18273
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

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medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18273
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.43398
EPSS Score 0.00208
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:41:53.770033+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ 37.0.0