CVE-2017-5511

critical

Published 2017-03-24 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-1`
debian	8.0	affected
debian	9.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`{"endExcluding":"6.9.7-3"}`	`6.9.7-3`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.