8.8

CVE-2017-15016: canonical ubuntu_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-15016DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15016
Published 04-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-15016 is a high (CVSS 8.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.69%
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 5 · Related 4
DLA-1131-1SUSE-SU-2018:0857-1SUSE-SU-2018:0864-1SUSE-SU-2018:0880-1USN-3681-1

Timeline

  1. 04-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ImageMagick 7.0.7-0 Q16 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in ReadEnhMetaFile in coders/emf.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.69%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.69% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.69%

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

Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
Imagemagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11 | < 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11 | < 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2

4 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links