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CVE-2017-11637

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders...

9.8 CriticalFix available

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders/pcl.c during writes of monochrome images.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.10%Up 1.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders/pcl.c during writes of monochrome images.

Record
CVE-2017-11637
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders/pcl.c during writes of monochrome images.

Record
CVE-2017-11637
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-3249 No score

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders/pcl.c during writes of monochrome images.

Record
EUVD-2017-3249
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jxr9-j9xp-6p4j 9.8

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders...

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders/pcl.c during writes of monochrome images.

Record
GHSA-jxr9-j9xp-6p4j
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders/pcl.c during writes of monochrome images.

Record
CVE-2017-11637
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-11637 9.8

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders/pcl.c during writes of monochrome images.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11637
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-11637 9.8

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders/pcl.c during writes of monochrome images.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11637
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0486-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-9407: In ImageMagick, the ReadPALMImage function in palm.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file. (bsc#1042824)
  • CVE-2017-11448: The ReadJPEGImage function in coders/jpeg.c in ImageMagick allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized memory locations via a crafted file. (bsc#1049375)
  • CVE-2017-11450: A remote denial of service in coders/jpeg.c was fixed (bsc#1049374)
  • CVE-2017-11537: When ImageMagick processed 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. (bsc#1050048)
  • CVE-2017-12418: ImageMagick had memory leaks in the parse8BIMW and format8BIM functions in coders/meta.c, related to the WriteImage function in MagickCore/constitute.c. (bsc#1052207)
  • CVE-2017-12432: In ImageMagick, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadPCXImage in coders/pcx.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service. (bsc#1052254)
  • CVE-2017-12654: The ReadPICTImage function in coders/pict.c in ImageMagick allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file. (bsc#1052761)
  • CVE-2017-12664: ImageMagick had a memory leak vulnerability in WritePALMImage in coders/palm.c. (bsc#1052750)
  • CVE-2017-12665: ImageMagick had a memory leak vulnerability in WritePICTImage in coders/pict.c. (bsc#1052747)
  • CVE-2017-12668: ImageMagick had a memory leak vulnerability in WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c. (bsc#1052688)
  • CVE-2017-13058: In ImageMagick, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file. (bsc#1055069)
  • CVE-2017-14224: A heap-based buffer overflow in WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c could lead to denial of service or code execution. (bsc#1058009)
  • CVE-2017-17885: In ImageMagick, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadPICTImage in coders/pict.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PICT image file. (bsc#1074119)
  • CVE-2017-18028: A memory exhaustion in the function ReadTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c was fixed. (bsc#1076182)
  • CVE-2018-6405: In the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c in ImageMagick, each redmap, greenmap, and bluemap variable can be overwritten by a new pointer. The previous pointer is lost, which leads to a memory leak. This allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service. (bsc#1078433)
  • CVE-2017-12427: ProcessMSLScript coders/msl.c allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS (bsc#1052248)
  • CVE-2017-12566: A memory leak in ReadMVGImage in coders/mvg.c, could have allowed attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1052472)
  • CVE-2017-11638, CVE-2017-11642: A NULL pointer dereference in theWriteMAPImage() in coders/map.c was fixed which could lead to a crash (bsc#1050617)
  • CVE-2017-13131: A memory leak vulnerability was found in thefunction ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allowed attackers tocause a denial of service (memory consumption in NewL (bsc#1055229)
  • CVE-2017-11166: In ReadXWDImage in coders\xwd.c a memoryleak could have caused memory exhaustion via a crafted length (bsc#1048110)
  • CVE-2017-12674: A CPU exhaustion in ReadPDBImage in coders/pdb.c was fixed, which allowed attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1052711)
  • CVE-2017-12429: A memory exhaustion flaw in ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c was fixed, which allowed attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1052251)
  • CVE-2017-11637: A NULL pointer dereference in WritePCLImage() in coders/pcl.c was fixed which could lead to a crash (bsc#1050669)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0486-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0524-1 No score

Security update for GraphicsMagick

This update for GraphicsMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-9407: The ReadPALMImage function in palm.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file. (bsc#1042824)
  • CVE-2017-11140: coders/jpeg.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash). [boo#1047900]
  • CVE-2017-11448: The ReadJPEGImage function in coders/jpeg.c allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized memory locations via a crafted file. (bsc#1049375)
  • CVE-2017-11450: A remote denial of service in coders/jpeg.c was fixed [boo#1049374]
  • CVE-2017-11637: A NULL pointer dereference in WritePCLImage() in coders/pcl.c was fixed which could lead to a crash (bsc#1050669)
  • CVE-2017-11638, CVE-2017-11642: A NULL pointer dereference in theWriteMAPImage() in coders/map.c was fixed which could lead to a crash (bsc#1050617)
  • CVE-2017-12427: ProcessMSLScript coders/msl.c allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS (bsc#1052248)
  • CVE-2017-12429: A memory exhaustion flaw in ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c was fixed, which allowed attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1052251)
  • CVE-2017-12432: A memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadPCXImage in coders/pcx.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service. (bsc#1052254)
  • CVE-2017-12566: A memory leak in ReadMVGImage in coders/mvg.c, could have allowed attackers to cause DoS (bsc#1052472)
  • CVE-2017-12668: A memory leak vulnerability in WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c. (bsc#1052688)
  • CVE-2017-13058: A memory leak vulnerability was found in the function WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file. (bsc#1055069)
  • CVE-2017-13131: A memory leak vulnerability was found in thefunction ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allowed attackers tocause a denial of service (memory consumption in NewL (bsc#1055229)
  • CVE-2017-14224: A heap-based buffer overflow in WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c could lead to denial of service or code execution. [boo#1058009]
  • CVE-2017-17502: ReadCMYKImage in ImportCMYKQuantumType had a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted file. [boo#1073081]
  • CVE-2017-17912: A heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c was fixed. [boo#1074307]
  • CVE-2017-18028: A memory exhaustion in the function ReadTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c was fixed. [boo#1076182]
  • CVE-2018-6405: In the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c, each redmap, greenmap, and bluemap variable can be overwritten by a new pointer. The previous pointer is lost, which leads to a memory leak. This allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service. (bsc#1078433)
  • CVE-2017-17503: A heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadGRAYImage was fixed (bsc#1072934)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0524-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4206-1 No score

graphicsmagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GraphicsMagick incorrectly handled certain image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10794, CVE-2017-10799, CVE-2017-11102, CVE-2017-11140, CVE-2017-11403, CVE-2017-11636, CVE-2017-11637, CVE-2017-13147, CVE-2017-14042, CVE-2017-6335)

Record
USN-4206-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
graphicsmagick
Debian:12
before 1.3.26-4
1.3.26-4
graphicsmagick
Debian:13
before 1.3.26-4
1.3.26-4
graphicsmagick
Debian:14
before 1.3.26-4
1.3.26-4
graphicsmagick
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 1.3.16-1.1+deb7u8, plus listed versions
1.3.16-1.11.3.16-1.1+deb7u11.3.16-1.1+deb7u21.3.16-1.1+deb7u31.3.16-1.1+deb7u41.3.16-1.1+deb7u51.3.16-1.1+deb7u61.3.16-1.1+deb7u7
1.3.16-1.1+deb7u8
graphicsmagick
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 1.3.20-3+deb8u4, plus listed versions
1.3.20-3+deb8u11.3.20-3+deb8u21.3.20-3+deb8u3
1.3.20-3+deb8u4
graphicsmagick
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 56 CVEs
before 1.3.30+hg15796-1~deb9u1, plus listed versions
1.3.25-81.3.26-11.3.26-101.3.26-111.3.26-12
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1.3.26-131.3.26-141.3.26-151.3.26-161.3.26-171.3.26-181.3.26-191.3.26-21.3.26-31.3.26-41.3.26-51.3.26-61.3.26-71.3.26-81.3.26-91.3.27-11.3.27-21.3.27-31.3.27-41.3.28-11.3.28-21.3.29+hg15665-11.3.29-11.3.30-1
1.3.30+hg15796-1~deb9u1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.78.34.1
6.4.3.6-7.78.34.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.78.34.1
6.4.3.6-7.78.34.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.78.34.1
6.4.3.6-7.78.34.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.78.38.1
1.2.5-4.78.38.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.78.38.1
1.2.5-4.78.38.1
graphicsmagick
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
before 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm2, plus listed versions
1.3.16-1.1ubuntu21.3.16-1.1ubuntu31.3.18-1ubuntu31.3.18-1ubuntu3.11.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm2
graphicsmagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.2, plus listed versions
1.3.21-31.3.23-11.3.23-1build11.3.23-1ubuntu0.1
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.2
graphicsmagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.2, plus listed versions
1.3.21-31.3.23-11.3.23-1build11.3.23-1ubuntu0.1
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.2

History

History
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In short

CVE-2017-11637 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Graphicsmagick, published July 26, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.10%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in graphicsmagick 1.3.26-4.

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