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CVE-2017-14989

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14989 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in ImageMagick versions 7.0.7-4 Q16 and earlier, specifically within the RenderFreetype function in MagickCore/annotate.c. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash the application by providing a specially crafted font file, due to an incorrect call to the FT_Done_Glyph function. Rated as MEDIUM severity with a CVSS score of 6.5, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely over the network (AV:N), leading to high availability impact (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
7.0.7-4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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-2017-14989Low

ImageMagick: Use-after-free in RendererFreetype

Sep 25, 2017

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/781
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3681-1
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4032
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4040