CVE-2017-16353
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 13.68% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 3 November 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-200
- Affected
- graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 11.4% on 21 September 2026 to 13.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- ftp://ftp.graphicsmagick.org/pub/GraphicsMagick/snapshots/ChangeLog.txtRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=e4e1c2a581d8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101653Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3494Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43111/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- ftp://ftp.graphicsmagick.org/pub/GraphicsMagick/snapshots/ChangeLog.txtRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=e4e1c2a581d8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101653Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3494Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43111/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.