What is CVE-2017-16669?

CVE-2017-16669 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 2017-11-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-16669?

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

Buffer overflow in Graphicsmagick

CVE-2017-16669

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-11-09 · 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: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · 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

References

hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/1b9e64a8901e (Patch)
hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/2b7c826d36af (Patch)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101795 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/fcd3ed3394f6 (Patch)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00013.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/135bdcb88b8d (Patch)
sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/450/ (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/75245a215fff (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16669?: CVE-2017-16669 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 2017-11-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-16669?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.