CVE-2017-14400

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-09-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-1 Q16, the PersistPixelCache function in magick/cache.c mishandles the pixel cache nexus, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the function GetVirtualPixels in MagickCore/cache.c) via a crafted file.

Affected products

ImageMagick: 7.0.7-1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100865
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/746
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100865
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/746
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/

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