High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-16546
CVE-2017-16546
Description
The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-9 does not properly validate the colormap index in a WPG palette, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use of uninitialized data or invalid memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed WPG file.
Affected products
7- cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2130bf6f89ded32ef0c88a11694f107c52566c53nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/851nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/e04cf3e9524f50ca336253513d977224e083b816nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4040nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074nvdThird Party Advisory
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