CVE-2017-17499

Publication date 10 December 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2
	17.10 artful	Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu2.2
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

0110-CVE-2017-17499.patch in stretch code not present in jessie

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: dd96d67

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3681-1
ImageMagick vulnerabilities
12 June 2018

Other references