CVE-2017-13060
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn ImageMagick 7.0.6-5, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA memory leak exists in ImageMagick 7.0.6-5 within the ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c. When parsing a crafted MAT (MATLAB) file, the function fails to properly deallocate memory, leading to resource exhaustion and potential denial of service via memory exhaustion.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 7.0.6-5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm ImageMagick installationRun 'convert -version' or 'magick -version' to verify ImageMagick is installedAffected if ImageMagick is not installed means not affected
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Identify installed ImageMagick versionCheck the version number from the output of 'convert -version' - look for version 7.0.6-5 specificallyAffected if The installed version is exactly 7.0.6-5 (the '=' notation indicates this specific version is affected)
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Verify MAT file coder is availableRun 'convert -list configure' or check for MAT support in 'convert -list format' - look for MAT or MATLAB format supportAffected if MAT format support is listed in ImageMagick's supported formats, indicating the vulnerable coder is present
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Check for MAT file processing in your environmentSearch for MAT files in directories where ImageMagick processes user uploads or automated tasks: 'find /path/to/upload -name "*.mat" 2>/dev/null'Affected if Your environment processes or can process MAT files using ImageMagick, enabling the attack vector
You are affected if ImageMagick version 7.0.6-5 is installed AND your environment supports MAT file processing through ImageMagick.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to a patched version of ImageMagick that addresses the memory leak in ReadMATImage. If upgrading is not feasible, disable MAT file processing or impose strict resource limits on ImageMagick operations.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-13060 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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