What is CVE-2017-11753?

CVE-2017-11753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-11753?

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

Is CVE-2017-11753 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-11753

The GetImageDepth function in MagickCore/attribute.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (71.8th 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 7.0.6-4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

zhouat/poc_

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11753?: CVE-2017-11753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-11753?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-11753 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.