High severity · published Mar 24, 2017
CVE-2017-5506
Double free vulnerability in magick/profile.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file
7.8
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Double free vulnerability in magick/profile.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
IM
Imagemagick · Imagemagick
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5506
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5506
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/16/6
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/5
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95753
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851383
Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9a069e0f2e027ec5138f998023cf9cb62c04889f
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