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CVE-2017-14343 json

ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadXCFImage in coders/xcf.c via a crafted xcf image file.

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-5846

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadXCFImage in coders/xcf.c via a crafted xcf image file.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14343

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14343

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 6.4.3.6-78.40.1
  • GraphicsMagick Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.5-78.44.1
  • GraphicsMagick Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.5-4.78.28.2
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 6.4.3.6-7.78.17.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 6.8.8.1-71.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0880-1SUSE-SU-2018:0864-1SUSE-SU-2018:0197-1SUSE-SU-2018:0043-1SUSE-SU-2018:0017-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14343 updated cvss 3.3

ImageMagick: Memory leak in the ReadXCFImage function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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Exploit prediction

1.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/649 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.