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CVE-2017-17499

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17499 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) in ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.9-24 and 7.0.7-12, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical and Debian. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk as an unauthenticated attacker can exploit it remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 81/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0.0-0, < 7.0.7-12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 6.9.9-24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0331 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 0.0 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-2017-17499Low

ImageMagick: Use-after-free in Magick::Image::read

Nov 15, 2017

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8c35502217c1879cb8257c617007282eee3fe1cc
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/dd96d671e4d5ae22c6894c302e8996c13f24c45a
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3681-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4074
Third Party Advisory
imagemagick.org / discourse-server/viewtopic.php
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102155
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry