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CVE-2017-11523

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11523 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ImageMagick versions through 6.9.9-0 and 7.x through 7.0.6-1. An attacker can trigger an infinite loop by providing a crafted file to the ReadTXTImage function, which fails to properly handle end-of-file conditions. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high availability impact (A:H) without affecting confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.9.9-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.0-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0300 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-11523Low

ImageMagick: Endless loop in ReadTXTImage function in coders/txt.c

Jul 21, 2017

References

bugs.debian.org / 869210
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/83e0f8ffd7eeb7661b0ff83257da23d24ca7f078
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a8f9c2aabed37cd6a728532d1aed13ae0f3dfd78
Third Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/591
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4019