CVE-2017-17879

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-21, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadOneMNGImage in coders/png.c, related to length calculation and caused by an off-by-one error.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102305Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/906Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4204Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102305Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/906Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4204Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 27, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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