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CVE-2017-15277

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15277 is a data leakage vulnerability in ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick, specifically in the ReadGIFImage function, where uninitialized palette data can expose sensitive information when processing GIF files lacking a global or local palette. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a high potential for confidentiality impact (C:H) and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction (UI:R). Despite its FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100 and above-average EPSS, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.6-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1919 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-15277Low

ImageMagick: Unitialized palette in ReadGIFImage when processing a crafted GIF file

Jul 21, 2017

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9fd10cf630832b36a588c1545d8736539b2f1fb5
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/592
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / neex/gifoeb
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 3681-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 4232-1
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4032
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4040
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4321