CVE-2017-12877

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Published 2017-08-28 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.1/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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

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-2017-12877

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12877.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/04178de2247e353fc095846784b9a10fefdbf890

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/10/imagemagick-use-after-free-in-destroyimage-image-c/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/16/2

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3`
debian	forky	fixed	`8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3`
debian	sid	fixed	`8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3`
debian	8.0	affected
debian	9.0	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	16.04	affected
ubuntu	17.10	affected
ubuntu	18.04	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`{"endExcluding":"6.9.9-6"}`	`6.9.9-6`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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