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high 8.8

CVE-2017-10928 json

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-0, a heap-based buffer over-read in the GetNextToken function in token.c allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive i…

published 2017-07-05 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-2566

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-0, a heap-based buffer over-read in the GetNextToken function in token.c allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SVG document that is mishandled in the GetUserSpaceCoordinateValue function in coders/svg.c.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-12

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10928

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.8
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.8

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10928

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +2 more 6.8.8.1-71.65.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +2 more 6.8.8.1-71.54.5
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 6.4.3.6-78.45.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1851-1SUSE-SU-2018:1178-1SUSE-SU-2018:1129-1

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-2017-10928 updated cvss 3.3

ImageMagick: heap-based buffer over-read in the GetNextToken function

  • 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 ImageMagick
    affected: 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

3.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/539 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/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

References

Sources

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