CVE-2017-17880

high

Published 2017-12-27 · 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

CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

8.8

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-21, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in WriteWEBPImage in coders/webp.c, related to a WEBP_DECODER_ABI_VERSION check.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

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-2017-17880

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/907

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`7.0.7-16`

References

CWEs

CWE-125

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