CVE-2017-17912
In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.
- 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
- 1.81% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick · debian/debian linux
- 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.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/0d871e813a4fPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/533/Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321Third Party Advisory
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/0d871e813a4fPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/533/Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/
- 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.