High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17912
CVE-2017-17912
Description
In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Studio%20Onsite%201.3
< 1.2.5-4.78.38.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.38.1
Patches
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References
6- hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/0d871e813a4fnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/533/nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/nvd
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