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CVE-2017-16669

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap...

8.8 HighFix available

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.40%Down 1.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

Record
CVE-2017-16669
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

Record
CVE-2017-16669
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7853 No score

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

Record
EUVD-2017-7853
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4vcq-r7hf-36w7 8.8

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap...

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

Record
GHSA-4vcq-r7hf-36w7
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

Record
CVE-2017-16669
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-16669 8.8

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16669
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-16669 8.8

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16669
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:3388-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-14989: use-after-free in RenderFreetype in MagickCore/annotate.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1061254]
  • CVE-2017-14682: GetNextToken in MagickCore/token.c heap buffer overflow could lead to denial of service [bsc#1060176]
  • Memory leak in WriteINLINEImage in coders/inline.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1052744]
  • CVE-2017-14607: out of bounds read flaw related to ReadTIFFImagehas could possibly disclose potentially sensitive memory [bsc#1059778]
  • CVE-2017-11640: NULL pointer deref in WritePTIFImage() in coders/tiff.c [bsc#1050632]
  • CVE-2017-14342: a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1058485]
  • CVE-2017-14341: Infinite loop in the ReadWPGImage function [bsc#1058637]
  • CVE-2017-16546: problem in the function ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1067181]
  • CVE-2017-16545: The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in validation problems could lead to denial of service [bsc#1067184]
  • CVE-2017-16669: problem in coders/wpg.c could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted file [bsc#1067409]
  • CVE-2017-14175: Lack of End of File check could lead to denial of service [bsc#1057719]
  • CVE-2017-14138: memory leak vulnerability in ReadWEBPImage in coders/webp.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1057157]
  • CVE-2017-13769: denial of service issue in function WriteTHUMBNAILImage in coders/thumbnail.c [bsc#1056432]
  • CVE-2017-13134: a heap-based buffer over-read was found in thefunction SFWScan in coders/sfw.c, which allows attackers to cause adenial of service via a crafted file. [bsc#1055214]
  • CVE-2017-15217: memory leak in ReadSGIImage in coders/sgi.c [bsc#1062750]
  • CVE-2017-11478: ReadOneDJVUImage in coders/djvu.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a DoS [bsc#1049796]
  • CVE-2017-15930: Null Pointer dereference while transfering JPEG scanlines could lead to denial of service [bsc#1066003]
  • CVE-2017-12983: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadSFWImage function in coders/sfw.c inImageMagick 7.0.6-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service [bsc#1054757]
  • CVE-2017-14531: memory exhaustion issue in ReadSUNImage incoders/sun.c. [bsc#1059666]
  • CVE-2017-12435: Memory exhaustion in ReadSUNImage in coders/sun.c, which allows attackers to cause denial of service [bsc#1052553]
  • CVE-2017-12587: User controlable large loop in the ReadPWPImage in coders\pwp.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1052450]
  • CVE-2017-11523: ReadTXTImage in coders/txt.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service [bsc#1050083]
  • CVE-2017-14173: unction ReadTXTImage is vulnerable to a integer overflow that could lead to denial of service [bsc#1057729]
  • CVE-2017-11188: ImageMagick: The ReadDPXImage function in codersdpx.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-0 has a largeloop vulnerability that can cause CPU exhaustion via a crafted DPX file, relatedto lack of an EOF check. [bnc#1048457]
  • CVE-2017-11527: ImageMagick: ReadDPXImage in coders/dpx.c allows remote attackers to cause DoS [bnc#1050116]
  • CVE-2017-11535: GraphicsMagick, ImageMagick: Heap-based buffer over-read in WritePSImage() in coders/ps.c [bnc#1050139]
  • CVE-2017-11752: ImageMagick: ReadMAGICKImage in coders/magick.c allows to cause DoS [bnc#1051441]
  • CVE-2017-12140: ImageMagick: ReadDCMImage in codersdcm.c has a ninteger signedness error leading to excessive memory consumption [bnc#1051847]
  • CVE-2017-12669: ImageMagick: Memory leak in WriteCALSImage in coders/cals.c [bnc#1052689]
  • CVE-2017-12662: GraphicsMagick, ImageMagick: Memory leak in WritePDFImage in coders/pdf.c [bnc#1052758]
  • CVE-2017-12644: ImageMagick: Memory leak in ReadDCMImage in codersdcm.c [bnc#1052764]
  • CVE-2017-14172: ImageMagick: Lack of end of file check in ReadPSImage() could lead to a denial of service [bnc#1057730]
  • CVE-2017-14733:…
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:3388-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:3435-1 No score

Security update for GraphicsMagick

This update for GraphicsMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-11640: NULL pointer deref in WritePTIFImage() in coders/tiff.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1050632]
  • CVE-2017-14342: Memory exhaustion in ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1058485]
  • CVE-2017-14341: Infinite loop in the ReadWPGImage function could lead to denial of service [bsc#1058637]
  • CVE-2017-16546: Issue in ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c could lead to denial of service [bsc#1067181]
  • CVE-2017-16545: The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in validation problems could lead to denial of service [bsc#1067184]
  • CVE-2017-16669: coders/wpg.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted file [bsc#1067409]
  • CVE-2017-13776: denial of service issue in ReadXBMImage() in a coders/xbm.c [bsc#1056429]
  • CVE-2017-13777: denial of service issue in ReadXBMImage() in a coders/xbm.c [bsc#1056426]
  • CVE-2017-13134: heap-based buffer over-read in the function SFWScan in coders/sfw.c could lead to denial of service via a crafted file [bsc#1055214]
  • CVE-2017-15930: Null Pointer dereference while transfering JPEG scanlines could lead to denial of service [bsc#1066003]
  • CVE-2017-12983: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadSFWImage function in coders/sfw.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file. [bsc#1054757]
  • CVE-2017-14165: The ReadSUNImage function in coders/sun.c has an issue where memory allocation is excessive because it depends only on a length field in a header. This may lead to remote denial of service in the MagickMalloc function in magick/memory.c. [bsc#1057508]
  • CVE-2017-12587: Large loop vulnerability in the ReadPWPImage function in coders\pwp.c. [bsc#1052450]
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:3435-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0413-1 No score

Security update for GraphicsMagick

This update for GraphicsMagick fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-13065: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the function SVGStartElement (bsc#1055038).
  • CVE-2018-5685: Prevent infinite loop and application hang in the ReadBMPImage function. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via an image file with a crafted bit-field mask value (bsc#1075939).
  • CVE-2017-9262: The ReadJNGImage function in coders/png.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (bsc#1043353)
  • CVE-2017-9261: The ReadMNGImage function in coders/png.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (bsc#1043354)
  • CVE-2017-10995: The mng_get_long function in coders/png.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted MNG image (bsc#1047908)
  • CVE-2017-11102: The ReadOneJNGImage function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) during JNG reading via a zero-length color_image data structure (bsc#1047910).
  • CVE-2017-11539: Prevent memory leak in the ReadOnePNGImage() function in coders/png.c (bsc#1050037)
  • CVE-2017-11505: The ReadOneJNGImage function in coders/png.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted file (bsc#1050072)
  • CVE-2017-11526: The ReadOneMNGImage function in coders/png.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted file (bsc#1050100)
  • CVE-2017-11750: The ReadOneJNGImage function in coders/png.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file (bsc#1051442)
  • CVE-2017-12565: Prevent memory leak in the function ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1052470)
  • CVE-2017-12676: Prevent memory leak in the function ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1052708)
  • CVE-2017-12673: Prevent memory leak in the function ReadOneMNGImage in coders/png.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1052717)
  • CVE-2017-12643: Prevent a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ReadOneJNGImage in coders\png.c (bsc#1052768)
  • CVE-2017-12641: Prevent a memory leak vulnerability in ReadOneJNGImage in coders\png.c (bsc#1052777)
  • CVE-2017-12640: Prevent an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ReadOneMNGImage in coders/png.c (bsc#1052781)
  • CVE-2017-12935: The ReadMNGImage function in coders/png.c mishandled large MNG images, leading to an invalid memory read in the SetImageColorCallBack function in magick/image.c (bsc#1054600)
  • CVE-2017-13147: Prevent allocation failure in the function ReadMNGImage in coders/png.c when a small MNG file has a MEND chunk with a large length value (bsc#1055374)
  • CVE-2017-13142: Added additional checks for short files to prevent a crafted PNG file from triggering a crash (bsc#1055455)
  • CVE-2017-13141: Prevent memory leak in ReadOnePNGImage in coders/png.c (bsc#1055456)
  • CVE-2017-14103: The ReadJNGImage and ReadOneJNGImage functions in coders/png.c did not properly manage image pointers after certain error conditions, which allowed remote attackers to conduct use-after-free attacks via a crafted file, related to a ReadMNGImage out-of-order CloseBlob call (bsc#1057000)
  • CVE-2017-14649: ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c did not properly validate JNG data, leading to a denial of service (assertion failure in magick/pixel_cache.c, and application crash) (bsc#1060162)
  • CVE-2017-15218: Prevent memory leak in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c (bsc#1062752)
  • CVE-2017-15238: ReadOneJNGImage had a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage (bsc#1067198).
  • CVE-2017-17782: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read in…
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0413-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4248-1 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 or other unspecified impact.

Record
USN-4248-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
graphicsmagick
Debian:12
before 1.3.26-19
1.3.26-19
graphicsmagick
Debian:13
before 1.3.26-19
1.3.26-19
graphicsmagick
Debian:14
before 1.3.26-19
1.3.26-19
graphicsmagick
Debian:7
before 1.3.16-1.1+deb7u14, plus listed versions
1.3.16-1.11.3.16-1.1+deb7u11.3.16-1.1+deb7u101.3.16-1.1+deb7u111.3.16-1.1+deb7u12
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1.3.16-1.1+deb7u131.3.16-1.1+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+deb7u71.3.16-1.1+deb7u81.3.16-1.1+deb7u9
1.3.16-1.1+deb7u14
graphicsmagick
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 27 CVEs
before 1.3.20-3+deb8u3, plus listed versions
1.3.20-3+deb8u11.3.20-3+deb8u2
1.3.20-3+deb8u3
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 Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 32 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
6.8.8.1-71.17.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.78.19.1
1.2.5-4.78.19.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.78.19.1
1.2.5-4.78.19.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 34 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.78.33.1
1.2.5-4.78.33.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3
From an advisory covering 34 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.78.33.1
1.2.5-4.78.33.1
graphicsmagick
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
before 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5, plus listed versions
1.3.16-1.1ubuntu21.3.16-1.1ubuntu31.3.18-1ubuntu31.3.18-1ubuntu3.11.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm11.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm21.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm31.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm4
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5
graphicsmagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5, plus listed versions
1.3.21-31.3.23-11.3.23-1build11.3.23-1ubuntu0.11.3.23-1ubuntu0.21.3.23-1ubuntu0.31.3.23-1ubuntu0.4
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5
graphicsmagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5, plus listed versions
1.3.21-31.3.23-11.3.23-1build11.3.23-1ubuntu0.11.3.23-1ubuntu0.21.3.23-1ubuntu0.31.3.23-1ubuntu0.4
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5

History

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In short

CVE-2017-16669 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Graphicsmagick, published November 9, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.40%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in graphicsmagick 1.3.26-19.

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