What is CVE-2017-14532?

CVE-2017-14532 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-14532?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-14532

ImageMagick 7.0.7-0 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in TIFFIgnoreTags in coders/tiff.c.

Published 2017-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.7-0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/719 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100883 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
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-2017-14532?: CVE-2017-14532 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-14532?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.