9.8

CVE-2017-18211: canonical ubuntu_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-18211DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18211
Published 01-03-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-18211 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.79%
0%100%
Low · -0.11 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
DLA-2366-1SUSE-SU-2018:0857-1USN-3681-1

Timeline

  1. 01-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the function saveBinaryCLProgram in magick/opencl.c because a program-lookup result is not checked, related to CacheOpenCLKernel.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.11 pp

From 3.89% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.79%

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
  • imagemagick7.0.7-0 | 7.0.7-1 | 7.0.7-2 | 7.0.7-3 | 7.0.7-4 | 7.0.7-5 | 7.0.7-6 | 7.0.7-8 | 7.0.7-9 | 7.0.7-10 | 7.0.7-11 | 7.0.7-12 | 7.0.7-13 | 7.0.7-14 | 7.0.7-15 | 7.0.7-16 | 7.0.7-17 | 7.0.7-18 | 7.0.7-19 | 7.0.7-20 | 7.0.7-21 | 7.0.7-22 | 7.0.7-23 | 7.0.7-24 | 7.0.7-25 | 7.0.7.7
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11 | < 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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