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CVE-2017-17682

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17682 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ImageMagick versions 7.0.7-12 Q16, specifically affecting the ReadWPGImage function within coders/wpg.c. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious WPG image file, leading to CPU exhaustion due to a large loop. Rated 6.5 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be triggered remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), resulting in high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating low current threat visibility.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.7-12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-12:q16:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
2.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0298 is in the 94th 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

Vendor Patches (3)

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-2017-17682Low

ImageMagick: Resource exhaustion in ExtractPostscript function in coders/wpg.c

Dec 14, 2017

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/870
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 3681-1
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102202
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry