What is CVE-2017-11536?

CVE-2017-11536 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-2017-11536?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-11536

When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a Memory Leak in the WriteJP2Image() function in coders/jp2.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:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · 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/567 (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100000 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11536?: CVE-2017-11536 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-2017-11536?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.