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CVE-2017-7275

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The ReadPCXImage function in coders/pcx.c in ImageMagick 7.0.4.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (attempted large memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862 and CVE-2016-8866.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: 7.0.4-9

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97166
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/27/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862-and-cve-2016-8866/
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97166
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/27/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862-and-cve-2016-8866/
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271

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