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CVE-2018-11251

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11251 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in ImageMagick versions 7.0.7-23 and earlier, specifically within the ReadSUNImage function when processing SUN image files. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service, causing the application to crash, by providing a specially crafted SUN image. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0.7-16, < 7.0.7-21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.7-23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 90th 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-11251Low

ImageMagick: heap-based buffer over-read in ReadSUNImage in coders/sun.c

Jan 23, 2018

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/956
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00004.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 3681-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4245