CVE-2017-12983

Published: Aug 21, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadSFWImage function in coders/sfw.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Affected (1)

Products: Imagemagick: Imagemagick

Imagemagick

1 product

Imagemagick

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Imagemagick Imagemagick	Version 7.0.6-8

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (10)

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/682

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4032

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4040

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/682