CVE-2017-11170

Publication date 11 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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

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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

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: fbb5e1c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H