7.1

CVE-2017-11140: graphicsmagick Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.1v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-11140DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11140
Published 10-07-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11140 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in graphicsmagick. EPSS estimates a 1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.82%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 10-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ReadJPEGImage function in coders/jpeg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 creates a pixel cache before a successful read of a scanline, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via crafted JPEG files.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.82% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.82%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • graphicsmagick< 1.3.26-3
Graphicsmagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • graphicsmagick< 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm2 | < 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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