What is CVE-2017-15017?

CVE-2017-15017 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-15017?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-15017

ImageMagick 7.0.7-0 Q16 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in ReadOneMNGImage in coders/png.c.

Published 2017-10-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · 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

usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/723 (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-2017-15017?: CVE-2017-15017 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-15017?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.