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CVE-2017-17881

21
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
1.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0126 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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 (5)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia 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
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-17881Low

ImageMagick: memory leak vulnerability in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c

Nov 24, 2017

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/878
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3681-1
Third Party Advisory