Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 25, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-14733

Description

ReadRLEImage in coders/rle.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 mishandles RLE headers that specify too few colors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file.

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Affected products

Graphicsmagick/Graphicsmagick2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.3.26
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords16 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Studio%20Onsite%201.3 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 1.2.5-4.78.28.2+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.28.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.28.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.17.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321nvdThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/458/nvdNot Applicable
hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagicknvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/nvd

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