In ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, a large loop vulnerability was found...
Vulnerability Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, a large loop vulnerability was found in the function ExtractPostscript in coders/wpg.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted wpg image file that triggers a ReadWPGImage call.
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References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/870
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00000.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102202
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
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