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CVE-2017-16546 json

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 allo…

published 2017-11-05 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7739

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16546

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16546

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
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 6.8.8.1-71.17.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 6.4.3.6-7.78.14.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3435-1SUSE-SU-2017:3388-1SUSE-SU-2017:3378-1

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-2017-16546 updated cvss 3.3

ImageMagick: Invalid memory allocation in the ReadWPGImage function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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

2.20% 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 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/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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