CVE-2017-14400

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Published 2017-09-12 · 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 7.0.7-1 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.

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-2017-14400

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14400.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
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
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.7-1

References

CWEs

CWE-476

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