6.5

CVE-2017-7942: imagemagick

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2017-7942
Published 18-04-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7942 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 1.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.91%
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 3 · Related 2
MGASA-2018-0229SUSE-SU-2017:1489-1SUSE-SU-2017:1599-1

Timeline

  1. 18-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ReadAVSImage function in avs.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-4 allows remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.91%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.91% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.91%

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-6
Imagemagick1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links