What is CVE-2017-11534?

CVE-2017-11534 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-11534?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-11534

When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a Memory Leak in the lite_font_map() function in coders/wmf.c.

Published 2017-07-23 · 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: 0.009 (59.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/564 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11534?: CVE-2017-11534 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-11534?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.