CVE-2018-11625
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-37 Q16, SetGrayscaleImage in the quantize.c file allows attackers to cause a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-37 Q16, SetGrayscaleImage in the quantize.c file allows attackers to cause a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.24% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- imagemagick/imagemagick · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.2% 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/1156Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1156Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.