CVE-2017-17879

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-12-24 04:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 21:06Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-12-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ae34a9ba8434a4bb25550aee6b75b864914403de750f8023e8471443e57b3aec

• www.securityfocus.com102305http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102305vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3681-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.debian.orgDSA-4074https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180101 [SECURITY] [DLA 1227-1] imagemagick security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00000.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-4204https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4204vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/906x_refsource_CONFIRM