CVE-2017-12434

Publication date 4 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-1, a missing NULL check vulnerability was found in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) in DestroyImageInfo in image.c.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

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 end of standard support
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

Notes

mdeslaur

trusty and xenial don't have the same code path and don't appear vulnerable. 0103-assertion-failed-in-DestroyImageInfo.patch in unstable 0088-assertion-failed-in-DestroyImageInfo.patch in stretch

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: 6767f31

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12434