CVE-2017-11537

Publication date 22 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a Floating Point Exception (FPE) in the WritePALMImage() function in coders/palm.c, related to an incorrect bits-per-pixel calculation.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11

Notes

mdeslaur

0081-CVE-2017-11537-palm-coder-FPE.patch in unstable 0080-CVE-2017-11537-palm-coder-FPE.patch in stretch 0252-CVE-2017-11537-Fix-floating-point-exception-in-convert-WritePALImage.patch in wheezy

Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3681-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 12 June 2018

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