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CVE-2017-9407

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9407 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability (memory leak) in ImageMagick versions 7.0.5-5, specifically within the ReadPALMImage function in palm.c, which can be triggered by processing a crafted file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) and network access (AV:N) to exploit, leading to high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.5-5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.5-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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 OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9407Low

ImageMagick: Memory leak in the ReadPALMImage function

Apr 28, 2017

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/459
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory