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CVE-2017-14994

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14994 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GraphicsMagick 1.3.26, specifically within the ReadDCMImage function, which can be triggered by a crafted DICOM image. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it allows remote attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference with low attack complexity and no user interaction required beyond opening the malicious file, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0288 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hg.graphicsmagick.org / hg/GraphicsMagick
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ
nandynarwhals.org / CVE-2017-14994
ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/graphicsmagick/bugs/512
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4232-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4321
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101182
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry