8.8

CVE-2017-12668: imagemagick

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-12668DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12668
Published 07-08-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-12668 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 07-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 has a memory leak vulnerability in WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.46% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16
Imagemagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagickAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links