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Vulnerability details: VCID-ydhm-uyg6-ckfp
Vulnerability ID VCID-ydhm-uyg6-ckfp
Aliases CVE-2017-18271
Summary 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.
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-2017-18271.json
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
epss 0.00112 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18271
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18271
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-18271.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18271
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18271
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/911
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
1581486 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1581486
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-2017-18271 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18271
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-2017-18271.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18271
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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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-2017-18271
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.30466
EPSS Score 0.00112
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:41:53.753190+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ 37.0.0