GHSA-mxwm-w839-25wj

GHSA-mxwm-w839-25wj PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

The ReadPESImage function in coders\pes.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has an infinite loop vulnerability that can cause CPU exhaustion via a crafted PES file.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

6.5

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

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

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References

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019 url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11446 advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/537 url
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html url
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99964 url

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