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title: "CVE-2017-13144\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13144?format=md
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# CVE-2017-13144

Publication date 23 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13144?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

In ImageMagick before 6.9.7-10, there is a crash (rather than a "width or
height exceeds limit" error report) if the image dimensions are too large,
as demonstrated by use of the mpc coder.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13144?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| imagemagick | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm2  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8  Ubuntu Pro |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13144?format=md#patch-details)

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## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

0085-Avoid-a-crash-in-mpc-coder.patch in unstable
0081-Avoid-a-crash-in-mpc-coder.patch in stretch
0297-CVE-2017-13144-Fix-application-crash-if-image-dimensions-are-too-large.patch in wheezy
0261-CVE-2017-13144.patch in jessie

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

this fix introduced a regression in xenial and trusty
(LP: #1793485) and was reverted for those releases in USN 3785-1

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| imagemagick | * Upstream:   [9b580ad](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9b580ad0564aefd9beeccbcbb8d62ccd05795a84) * Upstream:   [a05f8f4](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/a05f8f4b2f8c1fe1189b6085318f22c2b462f7d4) * Upstream:   [e5e87c0](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/e5e87c087ed48db886be0ff3aff4041d38218192) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13144)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13144)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-13144)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13144)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3681-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3681-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 12 June 2018

+ [USN-5335-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5335-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 18 March 2022

+ [USN-6980-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-6980-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 22 August 2024

### Other references

* <https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31438>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13144>