CVE-2017-12693: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ReadBMPImage function in coders/bmp.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted BMP file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 17.10 only; version 18.04 only
• ImageMagick ImageMagick: version 7.0.6-6 only

Published 2017-09-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.