CVE-2017-17499 — ImageMagick before 6

ImageMagick before 6.9.9-24 and 7.x before 7.0.7-12 has a use-after-free in Magick::Image::read in Magick++/lib/Image.cpp.

01What is this vulnerability?

ImageMagick before 6.9.9-24 and 7.x before 7.0.7-12 has a use-after-free in Magick::Image::read in Magick++/lib/Image.cpp.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-12-11T02:29:00.650
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102155
• github.com — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8c35502217c1879cb8257c61700728…
• github.com — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/dd96d671e4d5ae22c6894c302e8996…
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074
• www.imagemagick.org — https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33078&sid=5fbb1…
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102155
• github.com — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8c35502217c1879cb8257c61700728…
• github.com — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/dd96d671e4d5ae22c6894c302e8996…
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/