What is CVE-2017-15032?

CVE-2017-15032 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-15032?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-15032

ImageMagick version 7.0.7-2 contains a memory leak in ReadYCBCRImage in coders/ycbcr.c.

Published 2017-10-05 · 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: 0.015 (73.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.7% 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 7.0.7-2
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/241988ca28139ad970c1d9717c419f41e360d… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15032?: CVE-2017-15032 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-15032?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.