CVE-2017-7275

MEDIUM

ImageMagick 7.0.4.9 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (3)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97166

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/27/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862-and-cve-2016-8866/

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0041

EPSS Percentile 60.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Affected Products (2)

imagemagick/imagemagick

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 27, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026