CVE-2017-12418 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

ImageMagick 7.0.6-5 has memory leaks in the parse8BIMW and format8BIM functions in coders/meta.c, related to the WriteImage function in MagickCore/constitute.c.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00184.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Imagemagick	Imagemagick

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.6-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1081-1	imagemagick security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-3991	ImageMagick 7.0.6-5 has memory leaks in the parse8BIMW and format8BIM functions in coders/meta.c, related to the WriteImage function in MagickCore/constitute.c.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3681-1	ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/643
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12418
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12418

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00163}`	epss `{'score': 0.00313}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-04T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:36:56.183Z

Reserved: 2017-08-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-12418

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-04T00:29:00.220

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-12418

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12418 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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