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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-13146

In ImageMagick before 6.9.8-5 and 7.x before 7.0.5-6, there is a memory leak in the ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.27%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In ImageMagick before 6.9.8-5 and 7.x before 7.0.5-6, there is a memory leak in the ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.27% probability · 70th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-772
Affected
imagemagick/imagemagick
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.27%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.3% 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.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.