CVE-2017-11166

Published: Jul 10, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

6.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Imagemagick: Imagemagick

Imagemagick

1 product

Imagemagick

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Imagemagick Imagemagick	Version 7.0.5-6

Related CWEs

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

References (2)

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/471

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/471

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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