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

EPSS: 0.013 (67.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.7-16
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

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.