CVE-2017-17881 — In ImageMagick 7

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted MAT image file.

01What is this vulnerability?

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted MAT image file.

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: 2017-12-27T17:08:21.280
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/878
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
• github.com — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/878
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/