coders/psd.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by…
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
coders/psd.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging an improper cast, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.05467 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 6.9.7-3; 7.0.0-0 to before 7.0.4-3 | Vulnerable | ImageMagick |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
- cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.9.7-3; 7.0.0-0 to before 7.0.4-3 Vulnerable ·ImageMagick
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-5511
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fjq4-jc5h-hgrj
References
Patch 6
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c8c6a0f123d5e35c173125365c97e2c0fc7eca42
- [oss-security] 20170116 CVE Request: Imagemagick: various flaws: memory corruption, out-of-bounds writes, memory leaks, double-frees, off-by-one errors
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851374
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/347
- [oss-security] 20170116 Re: CVE Request: Imagemagick: various flaws: memory corruption, out-of-bounds writes, memory leaks, double-frees, off-by-one errors
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7d65a814ac76bd04760072c33e452371692ee790
Advisory 2
Sources
- CVE-2017-5511 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-5511 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fjq4-jc5h-hgrj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-5511 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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