ImageMagick: Char outside of range in coders/rle.c
Published Apr 9, 2017
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.23%
Description
coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-4 has an "outside the range of representable values of type unsigned char" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.
Affected products
No data.
- 7.0.5-4
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
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
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 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | 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.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
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:N/I:N/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 1, 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 1, 2026 | 2.23% (0.02229) | 82.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 2.61% (0.02611) | 84.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00485) | 76.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00485) | 75.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00485) | 72.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.30% (0.01300) | 31.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.30% (0.01300) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3863 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98685 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7606 Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/02/imagemagick-undefined-behavior-in-codersrle-c/ x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1441586 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7606
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7606
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3863 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98685 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7606 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/02/imagemagick-undefined-behavior-in-codersrle-c/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1441586 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7606 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7606 |
Change history (0)
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