What is CVE-2017-14248?

CVE-2017-14248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-14248?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-14248

A heap-based buffer over-read in SampleImage() in MagickCore/resize.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-8 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-11 · 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: 0.012 (66.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/717 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14248?: CVE-2017-14248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-14248?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.