CVE-2017-5509 — coders/psd

coders/psd.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted PSD file, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

01What is this vulnerability?

coders/psd.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted PSD file, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-03-24T15:59:01.123
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/16/6
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/5
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95751
• bugs.debian.org — https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851377
• github.com — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/37a1710e2dab6ed91128ea648d654a…
• github.com — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d4ec73f866a7c42a2e7f301fcd696e…
• github.com — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/350
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-09
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/16/6
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/5