What is CVE-2017-12140?

CVE-2017-12140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-12140?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-12140

The ReadDCMImage function in coders\dcm.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has an integer signedness error leading to excessive memory consumption via a crafted DCM file.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2017-08-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ (vendor-advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100096 (vdb-entry)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/533 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html (mailing-list)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12140?: CVE-2017-12140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-12140?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.