CRITICAL
ImageMagick: Use-after-free in Magick::Image::read
Published Dec 11, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.31%
Description
ImageMagick before 6.9.9-24 and 7.x before 7.0.7-12 has a use-after-free in Magick::Image::read in Magick++/lib/Image.cpp.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≥ 7.0.0-0 · < 7.0.7-12
Configuration 2
- < 6.9.9-24
Configuration 3
OR
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 17.10
- 18.04
- 9.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ImageMagick
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ImageMagick
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ImageMagick
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ImageMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ImageMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ImageMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
3.3 LOW Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.31% 0.03306
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03306
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.31% (0.03306) | 88.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.31% (0.03306) | 86.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.14% (0.02138) | 82.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.16% (0.04156) | 80.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1.39% (0.01391) | 86.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01391) | 84.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 6, 2023 | 1.48% (0.01483) | 84.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 1.88% (0.01882) | 86.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 1.82% (0.01819) | 86.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2023 | 1.69% (0.01687) | 85.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.65% (0.01655) | 85.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 32.67th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 31.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 71.88th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102155 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17499 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524900 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8c35502217c1879cb8257c617007282eee3fe1cc x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/dd96d671e4d5ae22c6894c302e8996c13f24c45a x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17499
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17499
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33078&sid=5fbb164c3830293138917f9b14264ed1 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102155 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17499 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524900 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8c35502217c1879cb8257c617007282eee3fe1cc | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/dd96d671e4d5ae22c6894c302e8996c13f24c45a | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17499 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17499 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33078&sid=5fbb164c3830293138917f9b14264ed1 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 11, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Dec 10, 2017
Link CVE-2017-17499
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a