CVE-2017-12428

Publication date 4 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-1, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadWMFImage in coders/wmf.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service in CloneDrawInfo in draw.c.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored

Notes

mdeslaur

0078-wmf-file-memory-leak-in-CloneDrawInfo.patch in unstable 0078-wmf-file-memory-leak-in-CloneDrawInfo.patch in stretch 0264-CVE-2017-12428-Fix-denial-of-service-memory-leak-in-ReadWMFImage.patch in wheezy not fixing memory leak in trusty and xenial

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

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