What is CVE-2017-12642?

CVE-2017-12642 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-12642?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-12642

ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadMPCImage in coders\mpc.c.

Published 2017-08-07 · 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: 0.014 (73.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/552 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100159 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12642?: CVE-2017-12642 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12642?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.