CVE-2017-11537

Publication date 22 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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

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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	Upstream: bac3845

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H