CVE-2017-11642
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WriteMAPImage() function in coders/map.c when processing a non-colormapped image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-11638.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WriteMAPImage() function in coders/map.c when processing a non-colormapped image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-11638.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.77% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/29550606d8b9Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100395
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4222-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/29550606d8b9Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100395
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4222-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.