6.5

CVE-2017-17680: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17680DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17680
Published 14-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17680 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
37/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.65%
0%100%
Low · +0.35 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
SUSE-SU-2018:0055-1SUSE-SU-2018:0132-1USN-3681-1

Timeline

  1. 14-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadXPMImage in coders/xpm.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted xpm image file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.35 pp

From 2.30% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.65%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Imagemagick

    Maturity: poc

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

7 links