What is CVE-2017-5511?

CVE-2017-5511 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-5511?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-5511 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-5511

coders/psd.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging an improper cast, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-03-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.055 (92.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.055 · newest: 0.055 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c8c6a0f123d5e35c173125365c97e2c0fc7ec… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/16/6 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-09 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95746 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/347 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/5 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7d65a814ac76bd04760072c33e452371692ee… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5511?: CVE-2017-5511 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-5511?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5511 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.