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CVE-2018-17965

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17965 describes a memory leak vulnerability in ImageMagick version 7.0.7-28, specifically within the WriteSGIImage function in coders/sgi.c. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily impacts availability by potentially causing denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.7-28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-17965Low

ImageMagick: memory leak in WriteSGIImage in coders/sgi.c

Mar 24, 2018

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1052
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4034-1
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory