CVE-2017-11540
When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a heap-based buffer...
When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in the GetPixelIndex() function, called from the WritePICONImage function in coders/xpm.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in the GetPixelIndex() function, called from the WritePICONImage function in coders/xpm.c.
- Record
CVE-2017-11540- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in the GetPixelIndex() function, called from the WritePICONImage function in coders/xpm.c.
- Record
CVE-2017-11540- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-3156 No score
When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in the GetPixelIndex() function, called from the WritePICONImage function in coders/xpm.c.
- Record
EUVD-2017-3156- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6wgc-c957-5c9c
When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a heap-based buffer...
When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in the GetPixelIndex() function, called from the WritePICONImage function in coders/xpm.c.
- Record
GHSA-6wgc-c957-5c9c- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in the GetPixelIndex() function, called from the WritePICONImage function in coders/xpm.c.
- Record
CVE-2017-11540- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-11540 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Imagemagick, published July 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.64%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.