CVE-2017-16545

high
Published 2017-11-05 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 does not properly validate colormapped images, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ImportIndexQuantumType invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed WPG image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16545

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/519/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/e8086faa52d0

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.26-18
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.26-18
debian debianforkyfixed1.3.26-18
debian debiansidfixed1.3.26-18
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.26-18

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
graphicsmagickgraphicsmagick1.3.26

References

CWEs

CWE-476

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.