CVE-2017-16353
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 is vulnerable to a memory information disclosure vulnerability found in the DescribeImage function of the…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 13.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 is vulnerable to a memory information disclosure vulnerability found in the DescribeImage function of the magick/describe.c file, because of a heap-based buffer over-read. The portion of the code containing the vulnerability is responsible for printing the IPTC Profile information contained in the image. This vulnerability can be triggered with a specially crafted MIFF file. There is an out-of-bounds buffer dereference because certain increments are never checked.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- GraphicsMagick - Memory Disclosure / Heap Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43111dos, multiplepublished 3 Nov 2017Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 43111 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.7% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=e4e1c2a581d8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 101653 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 43111 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- DSA-4321 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180627 [SECURITY] [DLA 1401-1] graphicsmagick security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3494 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171103 [SECURITY] [DLA 1159-1] graphicsmagick security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4232-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-7548 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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