CVE-2017-18251

ImageMagick: memory leak in ReadPCDImage function in coders/pcd.c

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 7.0.7. A memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadPCDImage in coders/pcd.c, which allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Se ha descubierto un problema en la versión 7.0.7 de ImageMagick. Se ha encontrado una vulnerabilidad de filtrado de memoria en la función ReadPCDImage en coders/pcd.c que permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (DoS) mediante un archivo manipulado.

A memory leak vulnerability has been discovered in ImageMagick in the ReadPCDImage function of coders/pcd.c file. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-03-26 CVE Reserved
2018-03-27 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/809	2019-10-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1	2019-10-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18251	2020-03-31
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1561741	2020-03-31

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"				7.0.7 Search vendor "Imagemagick" for product "Imagemagick" and version "7.0.7"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				17.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "17.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected