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CVE-2017-12806

ImageMagick: memory exhaustion in function format8BIM causing denial of service

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-6, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function format8BIM, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

En ImageMagick 7.0.6-6, se encontró una vulnerabilidad de agotamiento de memoria en la función format8BIM, que permite a los atacantes causar una denegación de servicio.

ImageMagick is an image display and manipulation tool for the X Window System that can read and write multiple image formats. Issues addressed include buffer overflow, denial of service, double free, information leakage, null pointer, out of bounds read, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2017-08-11 CVE Reserved
  • 2019-05-09 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-05 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Imagemagick
Search vendor "Imagemagick"
 Imagemagick
Search vendor "Imagemagick" for product "Imagemagick"
 7.0.6-6
Search vendor "Imagemagick" for product "Imagemagick" and version "7.0.6-6"
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Affected