VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-11166

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.43%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-07-10

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The ReadXWDImage function in coders\xwd.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-6 has a memory leak vulnerability that can cause memory exhaustion via a crafted length (number of color-map entries) field in the header of an XWD file.

Weakness classification

CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory