What is CVE-2017-12670?

CVE-2017-12670 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-12670?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-12670

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-3, missing validation was found in coders/mat.c, leading to an assertion failure in the function DestroyImage in MagickCore/image.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100252 (vdb-entry)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/610 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html (mailing-list)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12670?: CVE-2017-12670 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12670?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.