What is CVE-2017-11537?

CVE-2017-11537 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Incorrect Calculation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-11537?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-11537

When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a Floating Point Exception (FPE) in the WritePALMImage() function in coders/palm.c, related to an incorrect bits-per-pixel calculation.

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: 0.019 (78.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-682 — Incorrect Calculation

References

usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ (vendor-advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019 (vendor-advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/560 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11537?: CVE-2017-11537 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Incorrect Calculation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-11537?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.