CVE-2017-17884

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Published 2017-12-27 · 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 7.0.7-16 Q16, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function WriteOnePNGImage in coders/png.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PNG image 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-2017-17884

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/902

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
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`
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	16.04	affected
ubuntu	17.10	affected
ubuntu	18.04	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`7.0.7-16`

References

CWEs

CWE-772

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