CVE-2017-16545 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GraphicsMagick versions 1.3.26 and earlier. The flaw resides in the ReadWPGImage function, which fails to properly validate colormapped images, allowing remote attackers to crash the application or potentially achieve other impacts via a crafted WPG image. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. There is no public exploit intelligence, active exploitation, or significant community discussion reported for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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