CVE-2017-14173 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2017-14173?

CVE-2017-14173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 7 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In the function ReadTXTImage() in coders/txt.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-10, an integer overflow might occur for the addition operation "GetQuantumRange(depth)+1" when "depth" is large, producing a smaller value than expected. As a result, an infinite loop would occur for a crafted TXT file that claims a very large "max_value" value.

Weakness: CWE-835, CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14173?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14173?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-14173 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14173 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14173, GHSA-gmpq-cwfx-xxr2, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14173.