High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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.

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Affected products

ImageMagick/Imagemagick2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <7.0.7-9
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux4 versions
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:*:*:*
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
< 1.2.5-4.78.19.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.19.1
- (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: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.14.1
- (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

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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