# CVE-2017-11449: coders/mpc.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-1 does not enable seekable streams and thus cannot validate blob sizes, which allows remote attacke

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-19 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

coders/mpc.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-1 does not enable seekable streams and thus cannot validate blob sizes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an image received from stdin.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b007dd3a048097d8f58949297f5b434612e1e1a3
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/556
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99958
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/529ff26b68febb2ac03062c58452ea0b4c6edbc1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=867896

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