What is CVE-2017-9262?

CVE-2017-9262 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-9262?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-9262

In ImageMagick 7.0.5-6 Q16, the ReadJNGImage function in coders/png.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.

Published 2017-05-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.019 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.5-6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/475 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98735 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9262?: CVE-2017-9262 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-9262?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.