CVE-2017-13132

Publication date 23 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-8, the WritePDFImage function in coders/pdf.c operates on an incorrect data structure in the "dump uncompressed PseudoColor packets" step, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure in WriteBlobStream in MagickCore/blob.c) via a crafted file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

ratliff

upstream says IM7 only

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