CVE-2017-16546

HIGH

ImageMagick 7.0.7-9 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4040
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/851
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2130bf6f89ded32ef0c88a11694f107c52566c53

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 55.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
imagemagick/imagemagick 7.0.7-9
Published Nov 05, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026