ImageMagick: Memory leak in the function WritePCXImage
Published Aug 7, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.46%
Description
ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 has a memory leak vulnerability in WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c.
Affected products
No data.
- 7.0.6-2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ImageMagick
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ImageMagick
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ImageMagick
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ImageMagick | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ImageMagick | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ImageMagick | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.46% (0.01457) | 72.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.46% (0.01457) | 72.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00169) | 54.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00169) | 53.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00241) | 60.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 17.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12668 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484873 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2ba8f335fa06daf1165e0878462686028e633a74 x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/575 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12668
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12668
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12668 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484873 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2ba8f335fa06daf1165e0878462686028e633a74 | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/575 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12668 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12668 |
Change history (0)
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