High severity · published Nov 5, 2017
CVE-2017-16546
The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-9 does not properly validate the colormap index in a WPG palette, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
8.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-9 does not properly validate the colormap index in a WPG palette, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use of uninitialized data or invalid memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed WPG file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
IM
Imagemagick · Imagemagick
7.0.7-9 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 17.10; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16546
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16546
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2130bf6f89ded32ef0c88a11694f107c52566c53
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/e04cf3e9524f50ca336253513d977224e083b816
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/851
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4040
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074
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