CVE-2017-13143

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

In ImageMagick before 6.9.7-6 and 7.x before 7.0.4-6, the ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c uses uninitialized data, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory.

Affected products

ImageMagick: through 6.9.7-5; 7.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1, 7.0.1-2, 7.0.1-3, 7.0.1-4, 7.0.1-5 (+33)

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870012
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/51b0ae01709adc1e4a9245e158ef17b85a110960
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/362
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4204
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870012
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/51b0ae01709adc1e4a9245e158ef17b85a110960
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/362
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/

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