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CVE-2017-12664

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12664 is a high-severity memory leak vulnerability affecting ImageMagick versions 7.0.6-2 and earlier, specifically within the WritePALMImage function in coders/palm.c. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Furthermore, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.6-2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.6-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-12664Low

ImageMagick: Memory leak in WritePALMImage function in coders/palm.c

Aug 8, 2017

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/0417cea1b6d72f90bd4f1f573f91e42a8ba66a89
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/574
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory