What is CVE-2017-11754?

CVE-2017-11754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-11754?

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

Is CVE-2017-11754 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-11754

The WritePICONImage function in coders/xpm.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file that is mishandled in an OpenPixelCache call.

Published 2017-07-30 · 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: 0.015 (73.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

zhouat/poc_

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/633 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11754?: CVE-2017-11754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-11754?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-11754 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.