CVE-2017-11448

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-07-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The ReadJPEGImage function in coders/jpeg.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized memory locations via a crafted file.

Affected products

ImageMagick: before 6.9.9-0; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.0.6-1 — fixed in 6.9.9-0, 7.0.6-1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.9-0, 7.0.6-1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=867893
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f6463ca9588579633bbaed9460899d892aa3c64a
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/556
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=867893
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f6463ca9588579633bbaed9460899d892aa3c64a
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/556

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