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CVE-2017-11523

The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1...

6.5 MediumFix available

The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file, because the end-of-file condition is not considered.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.48%Up 1.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file, because the end-of-file condition is not considered.

Record
CVE-2017-11523
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.1 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file, because the end-of-file condition is not considered.

Record
CVE-2017-11523
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-3139 No score

The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file, because the end-of-file condition is not considered.

Record
EUVD-2017-3139
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wffr-63m7-q9q4 6.5

The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1...

The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file, because the end-of-file condition is not considered.

Record
GHSA-wffr-63m7-q9q4
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file, because the end-of-file condition is not considered.

Record
CVE-2017-11523
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-11523 6.5

The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file, because the end-of-file condition is not considered.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11523
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-11523 6.5

The ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file, because the end-of-file condition is not considered.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11523
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0229 No score

Updated imagemagick packages fix security vulnerabilities

The imagemagick package has been updated to version 6.9.9.41 which fixes several unspecified security vulnerabilities. This update fixes several vulnerabilities in imagemagick, including: Various memory handling problems and cases of missing or incomplete input sanitising may result in denial of service, memory disclosure or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed GIF, TTF, SVG, TIFF, PCX, JPG or SFW files are processed.

Several packages have been rebuilt for the updated ImageMagick.

Record
MGASA-2018-0229
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:3388-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-14989: use-after-free in RenderFreetype in MagickCore/annotate.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1061254]
  • CVE-2017-14682: GetNextToken in MagickCore/token.c heap buffer overflow could lead to denial of service [bsc#1060176]
  • Memory leak in WriteINLINEImage in coders/inline.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1052744]
  • CVE-2017-14607: out of bounds read flaw related to ReadTIFFImagehas could possibly disclose potentially sensitive memory [bsc#1059778]
  • CVE-2017-11640: NULL pointer deref in WritePTIFImage() in coders/tiff.c [bsc#1050632]
  • CVE-2017-14342: a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1058485]
  • CVE-2017-14341: Infinite loop in the ReadWPGImage function [bsc#1058637]
  • CVE-2017-16546: problem in the function ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1067181]
  • CVE-2017-16545: The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in validation problems could lead to denial of service [bsc#1067184]
  • CVE-2017-16669: problem in coders/wpg.c could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted file [bsc#1067409]
  • CVE-2017-14175: Lack of End of File check could lead to denial of service [bsc#1057719]
  • CVE-2017-14138: memory leak vulnerability in ReadWEBPImage in coders/webp.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1057157]
  • CVE-2017-13769: denial of service issue in function WriteTHUMBNAILImage in coders/thumbnail.c [bsc#1056432]
  • CVE-2017-13134: a heap-based buffer over-read was found in thefunction SFWScan in coders/sfw.c, which allows attackers to cause adenial of service via a crafted file. [bsc#1055214]
  • CVE-2017-15217: memory leak in ReadSGIImage in coders/sgi.c [bsc#1062750]
  • CVE-2017-11478: ReadOneDJVUImage in coders/djvu.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a DoS [bsc#1049796]
  • CVE-2017-15930: Null Pointer dereference while transfering JPEG scanlines could lead to denial of service [bsc#1066003]
  • CVE-2017-12983: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadSFWImage function in coders/sfw.c inImageMagick 7.0.6-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service [bsc#1054757]
  • CVE-2017-14531: memory exhaustion issue in ReadSUNImage incoders/sun.c. [bsc#1059666]
  • CVE-2017-12435: Memory exhaustion in ReadSUNImage in coders/sun.c, which allows attackers to cause denial of service [bsc#1052553]
  • CVE-2017-12587: User controlable large loop in the ReadPWPImage in coders\pwp.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1052450]
  • CVE-2017-11523: ReadTXTImage in coders/txt.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service [bsc#1050083]
  • CVE-2017-14173: unction ReadTXTImage is vulnerable to a integer overflow that could lead to denial of service [bsc#1057729]
  • CVE-2017-11188: ImageMagick: The ReadDPXImage function in codersdpx.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-0 has a largeloop vulnerability that can cause CPU exhaustion via a crafted DPX file, relatedto lack of an EOF check. [bnc#1048457]
  • CVE-2017-11527: ImageMagick: ReadDPXImage in coders/dpx.c allows remote attackers to cause DoS [bnc#1050116]
  • CVE-2017-11535: GraphicsMagick, ImageMagick: Heap-based buffer over-read in WritePSImage() in coders/ps.c [bnc#1050139]
  • CVE-2017-11752: ImageMagick: ReadMAGICKImage in coders/magick.c allows to cause DoS [bnc#1051441]
  • CVE-2017-12140: ImageMagick: ReadDCMImage in codersdcm.c has a ninteger signedness error leading to excessive memory consumption [bnc#1051847]
  • CVE-2017-12669: ImageMagick: Memory leak in WriteCALSImage in coders/cals.c [bnc#1052689]
  • CVE-2017-12662: GraphicsMagick, ImageMagick: Memory leak in WritePDFImage in coders/pdf.c [bnc#1052758]
  • CVE-2017-12644: ImageMagick: Memory leak in ReadDCMImage in codersdcm.c [bnc#1052764]
  • CVE-2017-14172: ImageMagick: Lack of end of file check in ReadPSImage() could lead to a denial of service [bnc#1057730]
  • CVE-2017-14733:…
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:3388-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Debian:12
before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-14
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-14
imagemagick
Debian:13
before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-14
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-14
imagemagick
Debian:14
before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-14
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-14
imagemagick
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 74 CVEs
before 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u16, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-58:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u108:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u118:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u128:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u13
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8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u148:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u158:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u28:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u38:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u48:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u58:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u68:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u78:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u88:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u9
8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u16
imagemagick
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 50 CVEs
before 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u16, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-58:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u18:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u108:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u118:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u12
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8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u138:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u148:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u158:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u28:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u38:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u48:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u58:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u68:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u78:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u88:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u9
8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u16
imagemagick
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 22 CVEs
before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u2, plus listed versions
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-118:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u1
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u2
converseen
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.9.6.2-1.3.mga6
0.9.6.2-1.3.mga6
cuneiform-linux
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 1.1.0-9.2.mga6
1.1.0-9.2.mga6
dvdauthor
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.7.2-2.2.mga6
0.7.2-2.2.mga6
emacs
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 24.5-8.3.mga6
24.5-8.3.mga6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 6.9.9.41-1.mga6
6.9.9.41-1.mga6
inkscape
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.92.1-2.2.mga6
0.92.1-2.2.mga6
k3d
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.8.0.5-5.2.mga6
0.8.0.5-5.2.mga6
kxstitch
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 2.0.0-2.2.mga6
2.0.0-2.2.mga6
libopenshot
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.1.8-1.2.mga6
0.1.8-1.2.mga6
ocaml-glmlite
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.03.51-17.2.mga6
0.03.51-17.2.mga6
perl-Image-SubImageFind
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.30.0-6.2.mga6
0.30.0-6.2.mga6
pfstools
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 2.0.6-3.2.mga6
2.0.6-3.2.mga6
php-imagick
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 3.4.1-6.2.mga6
3.4.1-6.2.mga6
php-magickwand
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 1.0.9.2-10.2.mga6
1.0.9.2-10.2.mga6
psiconv
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.9.8-26.2.mga6
0.9.8-26.2.mga6
pythonmagick
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.9.12-7.2.mga6
0.9.12-7.2.mga6
ruby-rmagick
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 2.15.4-12.2.mga6
2.15.4-12.2.mga6
synfig
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 1.2.1-2.2.mga6
1.2.1-2.2.mga6
vdr-plugin-skinelchi
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.2.8-8.2.mga6
0.2.8-8.2.mga6
vdr-plugin-skinenigmang
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 104 CVEs
before 0.1.2-10.2.mga6
0.1.2-10.2.mga6
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3
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8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.38:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.58:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.68:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.78:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.88:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.98:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.118:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.128:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.138:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm38:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm58:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm68:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm78:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm88:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm98:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm108:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm118:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm128:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm138:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm148:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm158:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm168:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm178:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm188:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm198:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm208:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm218:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm228:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm238:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm248:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm258:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm268:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm27
None known
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-5ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-68:6.8.9.9-6build18:6.8.9.9-78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu1
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8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.18:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.68:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.88:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.98:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.118:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.128:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.138:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.148:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.158:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.168:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm18:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm68:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm88:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm98:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm108:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm118:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm128:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm138:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm148:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm158:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm168:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm178:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm188:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm198:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm208:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm218:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm228:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm238:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm248:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm258:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm26
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-11523 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Imagemagick, published July 22, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.48%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in imagemagick 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-14.

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