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CVE-2017-12877

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6...

6.5 MediumFix available

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.29%Down 0.3 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Record
CVE-2017-12877
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Record
CVE-2017-12877
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-4401 No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Record
EUVD-2017-4401
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wc68-8h86-hxxj 6.5

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6...

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Record
GHSA-wc68-8h86-hxxj
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Record
CVE-2017-12877
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-12877 6.5

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12877
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-12877 6.5

Use-after-free vulnerability in the DestroyImage function in image.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12877
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0229 No score

Updated imagemagick packages fix security vulnerabilities

The imagemagick package has been updated to version 6.9.9.41 which fixes several unspecified security vulnerabilities. This update fixes several vulnerabilities in imagemagick, including: Various memory handling problems and cases of missing or incomplete input sanitising may result in denial of service, memory disclosure or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed GIF, TTF, SVG, TIFF, PCX, JPG or SFW files are processed.

Several packages have been rebuilt for the updated ImageMagick.

Record
MGASA-2018-0229
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3681-1 No score

imagemagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Record
USN-3681-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Debian:12
 before 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
imagemagick
Debian:13
 before 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
imagemagick
Debian:14
 before 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
imagemagick
Debian:7
 before 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u16, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-58:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u108:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u118:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u128:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u13
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8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u148:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u158:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u28:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u38:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u48:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u58:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u68:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u78:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u88:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u9
8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u16
imagemagick
Debian:8
 before 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u11, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-58:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u18:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u108:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u28:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u3
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8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u48:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u58:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u68:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u78:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u88:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u9
8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u11
imagemagick
Debian:9
 before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u4, plus listed versions
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-118:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u18:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u28:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u3
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u4
converseen
Mageia:6
 before 0.9.6.2-1.3.mga6
0.9.6.2-1.3.mga6
cuneiform-linux
Mageia:6
 before 1.1.0-9.2.mga6
1.1.0-9.2.mga6
dvdauthor
Mageia:6
 before 0.7.2-2.2.mga6
0.7.2-2.2.mga6
emacs
Mageia:6
 before 24.5-8.3.mga6
24.5-8.3.mga6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Mageia:6
 before 6.9.9.41-1.mga6
6.9.9.41-1.mga6
inkscape
Mageia:6
 before 0.92.1-2.2.mga6
0.92.1-2.2.mga6
k3d
Mageia:6
 before 0.8.0.5-5.2.mga6
0.8.0.5-5.2.mga6
kxstitch
Mageia:6
 before 2.0.0-2.2.mga6
2.0.0-2.2.mga6
libopenshot
Mageia:6
 before 0.1.8-1.2.mga6
0.1.8-1.2.mga6
ocaml-glmlite
Mageia:6
 before 0.03.51-17.2.mga6
0.03.51-17.2.mga6
perl-Image-SubImageFind
Mageia:6
 before 0.30.0-6.2.mga6
0.30.0-6.2.mga6
pfstools
Mageia:6
 before 2.0.6-3.2.mga6
2.0.6-3.2.mga6
php-imagick
Mageia:6
 before 3.4.1-6.2.mga6
3.4.1-6.2.mga6
php-magickwand
Mageia:6
 before 1.0.9.2-10.2.mga6
1.0.9.2-10.2.mga6
psiconv
Mageia:6
 before 0.9.8-26.2.mga6
0.9.8-26.2.mga6
pythonmagick
Mageia:6
 before 0.9.12-7.2.mga6
0.9.12-7.2.mga6
ruby-rmagick
Mageia:6
 before 2.15.4-12.2.mga6
2.15.4-12.2.mga6
synfig
Mageia:6
 before 1.2.1-2.2.mga6
1.2.1-2.2.mga6
vdr-plugin-skinelchi
Mageia:6
 before 0.2.8-8.2.mga6
0.2.8-8.2.mga6
vdr-plugin-skinenigmang
Mageia:6
 before 0.1.2-10.2.mga6
0.1.2-10.2.mga6
imagemagick
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3
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8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.38:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.58:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.68:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.78:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.88:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.9
8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11
imagemagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-5ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-68:6.8.9.9-6build18:6.8.9.9-78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu1
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8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.18:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.68:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.88:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.9
8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
imagemagick
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2, plus listed versions
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu28:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu38:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu48:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu58:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-12877 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Imagemagick, published August 28, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.29%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in imagemagick 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3.

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