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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-17499 json

ImageMagick before 6.9.9-24 and 7.x before 7.0.7-12 has a use-after-free in Magick::Image::read in Magick++/lib/Image.cpp.

published 2017-12-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8660

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ImageMagick before 6.9.9-24 and 7.x before 7.0.7-12 has a use-after-free in Magick::Image::read in Magick++/lib/Image.cpp.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick imagemagick 6.9.9-24, 7.0.7-12
  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17499

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17499

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

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-2017-17499 updated cvss 3.3

ImageMagick: Use-after-free in Magick::Image::read

  • 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
    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

3.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

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