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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-11636 json

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a heap overflow in the WriteRGBImage() function in coders/rgb.c when processing multiple frames that have non-ide…

published 2017-07-26 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-3248

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a heap overflow in the WriteRGBImage() function in coders/rgb.c when processing multiple frames that have non-identical widths.

Patch / fix

  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.26-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11636

  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.2
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11636

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  • GraphicsMagick Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.5-4.78.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2229-1

  • graphicsmagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +12 more 1.3.27-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-11636

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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-2017-11636 updated cvss 3.3

GraphicsMagick: Heap based buffer over-write in WriteRGBImage in coders/rgb.c

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

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Exploit prediction

3.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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