What is CVE-2017-11539?

CVE-2017-11539 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-2017-11539?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-11539

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

EPSS: 0.020 (78.5th 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 7.0.6-1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11539?: CVE-2017-11539 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-2017-11539?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.