CVE-2017-12805

Publication date 9 May 2019

Last updated 18 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-6, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadTIFFImage, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
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
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.7
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.14
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4034-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 25 June 2019
    • USN-6980-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 22 August 2024

Other references