CVE-2017-11170

Publication date 11 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

The ReadTGAImage function in coders\tga.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-6 has a memory leak vulnerability that can cause memory exhaustion via invalid colors data in the header of a TGA or VST file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 17.04 zesty
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-3ubuntu1.2
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.8
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.8

Notes

mdeslaur

This is 0067-CVE-2017-11170-memory-exhaustion-in-ReadTGAImage.patch

Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3363-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 24 July 2017

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