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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-18029

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-10 Q16, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c, which allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 4.16%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-10 Q16, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c, which allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
4.16% probability · 91th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-772
Affected
imagemagick/imagemagick · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 4.16%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 4.2% 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

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