What is CVE-2017-7275?

CVE-2017-7275 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-7275?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-7275

The ReadPCXImage function in coders/pcx.c in ImageMagick 7.0.4.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (attempted large memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862 and CVE-2016-8866.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.4-9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7275?: CVE-2017-7275 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-7275?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.