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CVE-2017-13777 json

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a denial of service issue in ReadXBMImage() in a coders/xbm.c "Read hex image data" version==10 case that results…

published 2017-08-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-5292

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a denial of service issue in ReadXBMImage() in a coders/xbm.c "Read hex image data" version==10 case that results in the reader not returning; it would cause large amounts of CPU and memory consumption although the crafted file itself does not request it.

Patch / fix

  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.26-8

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13777

  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.3
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13777

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • GraphicsMagick Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.5-4.78.19.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3435-1

  • graphicsmagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +13 more 1.3.26-r3

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-13777

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • graphicsmagick Arch Linux 1.3.27-1

arch linux advisories AVG-355

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-13777 updated cvss 3.3

GraphicsMagick: Resource exhaustion in ReadJNXImage() function in coders/jnx.c

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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