CVE-2017-17881 is a memory leak vulnerability in ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, specifically within the ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c, which can be triggered by a crafted MAT image file. This flaw primarily affects ImageMagick and Canonical Ubuntu Linux distributions. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it poses a denial-of-service risk (A:H) that can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring user interaction (UI:R). There is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or Nuclei, or significant media coverage, though it has received minimal community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0.7-12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
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.