What is CVE-2017-12666?

CVE-2017-12666 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-2017-12666?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-12666

ImageMagick 7.0.6-2 has a memory leak vulnerability in WriteINLINEImage in coders/inline.c.

Published 2017-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.8% 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 7.0.6-2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/572 (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100226 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d5559407ce29f4371e5df9c1cbde65455fe58… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12666?: CVE-2017-12666 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-2017-12666?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.