7.8

CVE-2017-11188: imagemagick Excessive Iteration

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-11188DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11188
Published 12-07-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11188 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Excessive Iteration vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 1.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.79%
0%100%
Low · +0.23 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 4
DLA-1081-1DSA-3914-1SUSE-SU-2017:3378-1SUSE-SU-2017:3388-1SUSE-SU-2018:0197-1USN-3363-1

Timeline

  1. 12-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ReadDPXImage function in coders\dpx.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-0 has a large loop vulnerability that can cause CPU exhaustion via a crafted DPX file, related to lack of an EOF check.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.23 pp

From 1.55% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.79%

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
  • imagemagick< 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-12
Imagemagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.8 | < 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.8

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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