High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-16545
CVE-2017-16545
Description
The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 does not properly validate colormapped images, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ImportIndexQuantumType invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed WPG image.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/e8086faa52d0nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/519/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.htmlnvd
- 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/4248-1/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321nvd
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