What is CVE-2017-17880?

CVE-2017-17880 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-17880?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-17880

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-21, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in WriteWEBPImage in coders/webp.c, related to a WEBP_DECODER_ABI_VERSION check.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-12-27 · 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: 0.013 (69.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.7-16

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/907 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102317 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17880?: CVE-2017-17880 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-17880?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.