CVE-2017-14400
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-1 Q16, the PersistPixelCache function in magick/cache.c mishandles the pixel cache nexus, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the function GetVirtualPixels in MagickCore/cache.c) via a crafted file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 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 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 7.0.7-1 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100865
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/746
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14400.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14400
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.