What is CVE-2017-7619?

CVE-2017-7619 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-7619?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-7619

In ImageMagick 7.0.4-9, an infinite loop can occur because of a floating-point rounding error in some of the color algorithms. This affects ModulateHSL, ModulateHCL, ModulateHCLp, ModulateHSB, ModulateHSI, ModulateHSV, ModulateHWB, ModulateLCHab, and ModulateLCHuv.

Published 2017-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.3% 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 7.0.4-9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3863 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98689 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7619?: CVE-2017-7619 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-7619?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.