What is CVE-2017-12587?

CVE-2017-12587 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-12587?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-12587

ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has a large loop vulnerability in the ReadPWPImage function in coders\pwp.c.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-834 — Excessive Iteration

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/535 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ (vendor-advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019 (vendor-advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12587?: CVE-2017-12587 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-12587?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.