CVE-2017-12877

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Published 2017-08-28 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
18.04	Affected	—
17.10	Affected	—
16.04	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3`
sid	Fixed	`8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3`
forky	Fixed	`8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3`
9.0	Affected	—
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`{"endExcluding":"6.9.9-6"}`	`6.9.9-6`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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