CVE-2017-13768

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

Null Pointer Dereference in the IdentifyImage function in MagickCore/identify.c in ImageMagick through 7.0.6-10 allows an attacker to perform denial of service by sending a crafted image file.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04
Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
ImageMagick: before 6.9.9-11; from 7.0.0-0 through 7.0.6-10 — fixed in 6.9.9-11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.9-11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100569
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/706
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100569
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/706
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/

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