CVE-2017-13143

Publication date 23 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In ImageMagick before 6.9.7-6 and 7.x before 7.0.4-6, the ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c uses uninitialized data, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory.

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Status

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
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11

Notes

mdeslaur

0100-Use-of-uninitialized-data-in-ImageMagick-coders-mat..patch in unstable 0086-Use-of-uninitialized-data-in-ImageMagick-coders-mat..patch in stretch 0296-CVE-2017-13143-Fix-use-of-uninitialized-data-in-ReadMATImage.patch in wheezy 0268-CVE-2017-13143.patch in jessie

Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3681-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 12 June 2018

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