CVE-2017-16352

8.8 HIGH
Published: November 01, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability found in the "Display visual image directory" feature of the DescribeImage() function of the magick/describe.c file. One possible way to trigger the vulnerability is to run the identify command on a specially crafted MIFF format file with the verbose flag.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.graphicsmagick.org/pub/GraphicsMagick/snapshots/ChangeLog.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=7292230dd185
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101658
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3494
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43111/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
ftp://ftp.graphicsmagick.org/pub/GraphicsMagick/snapshots/ChangeLog.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=7292230dd185
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101658
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3494
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43111/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
14.5%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

graphicsmagick debian

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