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CVE-2017-13140

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-13140 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.9-1 and 7.0.6-2. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an application hang by providing a specially crafted PNG image with a width equal to MAGICK_WIDTH_LIMIT. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.9.9-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.0-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0151 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-13140Low

ImageMagick: Denial of service in ReadOnePNGImage function in coders/png.c

Aug 23, 2017

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/596
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201711-07
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4019