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.

EPSS: 0.022 (80.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, 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.