CVE-2017-13140

medium

Description

In ImageMagick before 6.9.9-1 and 7.x before 7.0.6-2, the ReadOnePNGImage function in coders/png.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang in LockSemaphoreInfo) via a PNG file with a width equal to MAGICK_WIDTH_LIMIT.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/596

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-4657

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870111

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-23

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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