What is CVE-2017-12667?

CVE-2017-12667 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-2017-12667?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-12667

ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadMATImage in coders\mat.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: 0.014 (71.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.7% 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/553 (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/bfb7915d4b2e11acb6a819e451c382dc64527… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12667?: CVE-2017-12667 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-2017-12667?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.