CVE-2017-17880

high

Published 2017-12-27 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-21, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in WriteWEBPImage in coders/webp.c, related to a WEBP_DECODER_ABI_VERSION check.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1`
sid	Fixed	`8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1`
forky	Fixed	`8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`7.0.7-16`

References

CWEs

CWE-125

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.