What is CVE-2017-11524?

CVE-2017-11524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-11524?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-11524

The WriteBlob function in MagickCore/blob.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.8-10 and 7.x before 7.6.0-0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted file.

EPSS: 0.032 (86.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.0-0, 7.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11524?: CVE-2017-11524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-11524?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.