CVE-2017-17883

Published: Dec 27, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

6.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadPGXImage in coders/pgx.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PGX image file.

Affected (1)

Products: Imagemagick: Imagemagick

Imagemagick

1 product

Imagemagick

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Imagemagick Imagemagick	Version 7.0.7-12

Related CWEs

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

References (2)

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/877

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/877

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

Timeline

No history available yet.