CVE-2017-12671

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Published 2017-08-07 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-3, a missing NULL assignment was found in coders/png.c, leading to an invalid free in the function RelinquishMagickMemory in MagickCore/memory.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12671

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12671.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/621

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-15`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-15`
debian	forky	fixed	`8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-15`
debian	sid	fixed	`8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-15`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-15`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`7.0.6-3`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.