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CVE-2017-14060

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14060 describes a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ImageMagick 7.0.6-10, specifically within the ReadCUTImage function, affecting ImageMagick and Canonical Ubuntu Linux. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this by submitting a specially crafted image file, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) due to a crash in the QueueAuthenticPixelCacheNexus function. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a high impact on availability (A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.6-10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.6-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 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 (4)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-14060Low

ImageMagick: NULL pointer dereference in ReadCUTImage function

Aug 31, 2017

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/710
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201711-07
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3681-1
Third Party Advisory