CVE-2017-5508
Heap-based buffer overflow in the PushQuantumPixel function in ImageMagick before 6.9.7-3 and 7.x before 7.0.4-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.96%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the PushQuantumPixel function in ImageMagick before 6.9.7-3 and 7.x before 7.0.4-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.96% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- imagemagick/imagemagick
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS moved from 5.1% on 21 September 2026 to 3.0% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/16/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95748Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851381Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.7-3/ChangeLogRelease Notes
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.4-3/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c073a7712d82476b5fbee74856c46b88af9c3175Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-09
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31161Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/16/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95748Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851381Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.7-3/ChangeLogRelease Notes
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.4-3/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c073a7712d82476b5fbee74856c46b88af9c3175Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-09
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31161Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.