CVE-2017-12936
The ReadWMFImage function in coders/wmf.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue for data associated with exception reporting.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The ReadWMFImage function in coders/wmf.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue for data associated with exception reporting.
- 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
- 25.06% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 22.9% on 21 September 2026 to 25.1% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/be898b7c97bdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/05/graphicsmagick-use-after-free-in-readwmfimage-wmf-c/Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- 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-4321Third Party Advisory
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/be898b7c97bdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/05/graphicsmagick-use-after-free-in-readwmfimage-wmf-c/Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- 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-4321Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.