CVE-2017-12642
Publication date 7 August 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadMPCImage in coders\mpc.c.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored |
Notes
mdeslaur
0091-Fix-a-leak-in-mpc-file-due-to-corrupted-profiles.patch in unstable 0278-CVE-2017-12642-Fix-memory-leak-vulnerability-in-ReadMPCImage-1-2.patch and 0279-CVE-2017-12642-Fix-memory-leak-vulnerability-in-ReadMPCImage-2-2.patch in wheezy not fixing memory leak in trusty and xenial
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.8 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |