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CVE-2017-12876

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in enhance.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: from 7.0.0-0 before 7.0.6-6 — fixed in 7.0.6-6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 7.0.6-6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/16/3
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/10/imagemagick-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-omp_outlined-32-enhance-c/
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1cc6f0ccc92c20c7cab6c4a7335daf29c91f0d8e
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/16/3
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/10/imagemagick-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-omp_outlined-32-enhance-c/
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1cc6f0ccc92c20c7cab6c4a7335daf29c91f0d8e
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07

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