CVE-2017-16352
mediumpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.145 · 97 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability found in the "Display visual image directory" feature of the DescribeImage() function of the magick/describe.c file. One possible way to trigger the vulnerability is to run the identify command on a specially crafted MIFF format file with the verbose flag.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-43111GraphicsMagick - Memory Disclosure / Heap OverflowPoC · exploit_db
affected products (10)
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also known as (5)
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references (26)
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- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset;node=7292230dd185cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101658cnnvd
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3494cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00002.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.htmlcnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.0073/cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321cnnvd
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