CVE-2017-14224

high
Published 2017-09-09 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VIR risk
8.8

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow in WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-8 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or code execution via a crafted file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
debian debianbullseyefixed8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
debian debianforkyfixed8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
debian debiansidfixed8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
debian debiantrixiefixed8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.6-8

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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