What is CVE-2017-11188?

CVE-2017-11188 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-11188?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-11188

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.

Published 2017-07-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (78.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.018 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-834 — Excessive Iteration

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99566 (vdb-entry)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/509 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11188?: CVE-2017-11188 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-11188?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.