What is CVE-2017-15033?

CVE-2017-15033 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-15033?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-15033

ImageMagick version 7.0.7-2 contains a memory leak in ReadYUVImage in coders/yuv.c.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · 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/ef8f40689ac452398026c07da41656a7c87e4… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15033?: CVE-2017-15033 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-15033?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.