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CVE-2017-12877

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% 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-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• ImageMagick: before 6.9.9-6; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.0.6-6 — fixed in 6.9.9-6, 7.0.6-6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.9-6, 7.0.6-6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/16/2
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/10/imagemagick-use-after-free-in-destroyimage-image-c/
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/04178de2247e353fc095846784b9a10fefdbf890
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4040
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/16/2
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/10/imagemagick-use-after-free-in-destroyimage-image-c/
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/04178de2247e353fc095846784b9a10fefdbf890
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/

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