What is CVE-2017-9407?

CVE-2017-9407 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-9407?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-9407

In ImageMagick 7.0.5-5, the ReadPALMImage function in palm.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.

Published 2017-06-02 · 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: 0.013 (69.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.5-5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/459 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9407?: CVE-2017-9407 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-9407?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.