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CVE-2017-17912

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in...

8.8 HighFix available

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

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

1.81%Up 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

Record
CVE-2017-17912
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-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

Record
CVE-2017-17912
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9055 No score

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

Record
EUVD-2017-9055
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hrg4-rpr8-864c 8.8

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in...

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

Record
GHSA-hrg4-rpr8-864c
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-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

Record
CVE-2017-17912
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-2017-17912 8.8

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17912
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
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17912 8.8

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17912
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-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-4266-1 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-4266-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
graphicsmagick
Debian:12
before 1.3.27-3
1.3.27-3
graphicsmagick
Debian:13
before 1.3.27-3
1.3.27-3
graphicsmagick
Debian:14
before 1.3.27-3
1.3.27-3
graphicsmagick
Debian:7
before 1.3.16-1.1+deb7u16, 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+deb7u141.3.16-1.1+deb7u151.3.16-1.1+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+deb7u16
graphicsmagick
Debian:8
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
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
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 1.2.5-4.78.38.1
1.2.5-4.78.38.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3
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+esm6, plus listed versions
1.3.16-1.1ubuntu21.3.16-1.1ubuntu31.3.18-1ubuntu31.3.18-1ubuntu3.11.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
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1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm21.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm31.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm41.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm6
graphicsmagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.6, plus listed versions
1.3.21-31.3.23-11.3.23-1build11.3.23-1ubuntu0.11.3.23-1ubuntu0.21.3.23-1ubuntu0.31.3.23-1ubuntu0.41.3.23-1ubuntu0.5
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.6

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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In short

CVE-2017-17912 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Graphicsmagick, published December 26, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.81%, the 78th percentile. Fixed in graphicsmagick 1.3.27-3.

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