CVE-2017-17499

critical
Published 2017-12-11 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

ImageMagick before 6.9.9-24 and 7.x before 7.0.7-12 has a use-after-free in Magick::Image::read in Magick++/lib/Image.cpp.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
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-2017-17499

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33078&sid=5fbb164c3830293138917f9b14264ed1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8c35502217c1879cb8257c617007282eee3fe1cc

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
debian debian9.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu17.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu18.04affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick{"startIncluding":"7.0.0-0","endExcluding":"7.0.7-12"}7.0.7-12

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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