CVE-2017-13139

Publication date 23 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

In ImageMagick before 6.9.9-0 and 7.x before 7.0.6-1, the ReadOneMNGImage function in coders/png.c has an out-of-bounds read with the MNG CLIP chunk.

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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

0118-out-of-bounds-read-with-the-MNG-CLIP-chunk.patch in unstable 0093-out-of-bounds-read-with-the-MNG-CLIP-chunk.patch in stretch 0293-CVE-2017-13139-Fix-out-of-bounds-read-with-MNG-CLIP-chunk-in-ReadOneMNGImage.patch in wheezy 0260-CVE-2017-13139.patch in jessie

Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

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