CVE-2018-11251
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-23 Q16 x86_64 2018-01-24, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadSUNImage in coders/sun.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash in SetGrayscaleImage in MagickCore/quantize.c) via a crafted…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-23 Q16 x86_64 2018-01-24, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadSUNImage in coders/sun.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash in SetGrayscaleImage in MagickCore/quantize.c) via a crafted SUN image file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.08% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- imagemagick/imagemagick
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/956Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4245
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/956Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4245
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.