CVE-2017-16546 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2017-16546

The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-9 does not...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

imagemagick

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Affected Software

imagemagick, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.7-9, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04, 8.0, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 5th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.