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CVE-2017-12669

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12669 describes a memory leak vulnerability in ImageMagick 7.0.6-2, specifically within the WriteCALSImage function in coders/cals.c. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-12669Low

ImageMagick: Memory leak in the function WriteCALSImage

Jul 17, 2017

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/73b6c35cede48ccb2e29dbe62c2d77488e5e70b7
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/571
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory