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CVE-2017-18219

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18219 is an allocation failure vulnerability in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26, specifically within the ReadOnePNGImage function in coders/png.c, affecting various Debian and GraphicsMagick products. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered by a remote unauthenticated attacker via user interaction (e.g., opening a crafted file), leading to a denial of service due to an attempted large png_pixels array allocation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
3.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0340 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: GraphicsMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-18219Low

GraphicsMagick: Memory allocation failure in coders/png.c:ReadOnePNGImage() allows for denial of service via crafted file

Mar 6, 2018

References

hg.graphicsmagick.org / hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/cadd4b0522fa
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00025.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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
sourceforge.net / p/graphicsmagick/bugs/459
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4266-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4321
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103258
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry