CVE-2017-12429
In ImageMagick 7.0.6-1, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.6-1, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.85% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- imagemagick/imagemagick
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/545Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/545Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.