CVE-2017-12664 json
ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 has a memory leak vulnerability in WritePALMImage in coders/palm.c.
published 2017-08-07 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-4203
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.7%
- EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 has a memory leak vulnerability in WritePALMImage in coders/palm.c.
Patch / fix
- imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-13
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12664
- ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- ImageMagick SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 6.4.3.6-7.78.34.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0581-1SUSE-SU-2018:0486-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12664 updated cvss 3.3
ImageMagick: Memory leak in WritePALMImage function in coders/palm.c
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ImageMagickaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
References
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github.com
/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/0417cea1b6d72f90bd4f1f573f91e42a8ba66a89
patch, vendor-advisory
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github.com
/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/574
issue-tracking, patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-12664
- NVD CVE-2017-12664
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