What is CVE-2017-16352?

CVE-2017-16352 is a high-severity vulnerability in Graphicsmagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-16352?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-16352 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Graphicsmagick

CVE-2017-16352

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability found in the "Display visual image directory" feature of the DescribeImage() function of the magick/describe.c file. One possible way to trigger the vulnerability is to run the identify command on a specially crafted MIFF format file with the verbose flag.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-11-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.145 (96.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.145 · newest: 0.145 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Graphicsmagick — versions 1.3.26
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101658 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43111/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3494 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00002.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/ (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16352?: CVE-2017-16352 is a high-severity vulnerability in Graphicsmagick, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-16352?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-16352 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.