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Plain-English summary
This CVE describes a denial-of-service risk in ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16. A specially crafted PGX image can trigger a memory leak during processing, potentially exhausting resources and disrupting services that handle untrusted images.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted availability risk, not a confirmed code-execution emergency. Prioritize services that process public image uploads because disruption could affect customer-facing workflows.
Technical view
The reported flaw is a memory leak in ReadPGXImage in coders/pgx.c. The source describes attacker-controlled PGX input causing denial of service when processed by ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16. No CVSS, CWE, patch version, or broader affected-version data is provided in the bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in applications, batch jobs, or upload pipelines that use ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16 to process PGX images, especially from untrusted users. The bundle does not confirm other versions or packaged distributions.
Exploitation context
The bundle supports denial of service via a crafted PGX image file. It does not cite public weaponization, active exploitation, or CISA KEV listing. KEV is false in the supplied data.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the bundle identifies one vulnerable ImageMagick build, one affected function, and PGX-triggered denial of service. It does not provide CVSS scoring, CWE classification, affected-version ranges, exploitation evidence, or named remediation.
Mitigation direction
- Identify systems running ImageMagick 7.0.7-12 Q16.
- Check ImageMagick vendor guidance and issue history for fixed versions.
- Restrict untrusted PGX processing where business requirements allow.
- Isolate image-processing workers and enforce resource limits.
- Prioritize internet-facing upload or conversion services first.
Validation and detection
- Inventory ImageMagick versions in production and CI images.
- Map all services that process user-supplied images.
- Confirm whether PGX files are accepted or transformed.
- Review resource-exhaustion alerts around image processing.
- Track the referenced ImageMagick issue for remediation details.
Public sources used
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- Known Exploited
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- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/877CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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