What is CVE-2017-11446?

CVE-2017-11446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-11446?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-11446

The ReadPESImage function in coders\pes.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 has an infinite loop vulnerability that can cause CPU exhaustion via a crafted PES file.

Published 2017-07-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99964 (vdb-entry)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/537 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019 (vendor-advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11446?: CVE-2017-11446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-11446?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.