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CVE-2017-18229

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18229 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GraphicsMagick 1.3.26, specifically within the ReadTIFFImage function, due to improper handling of file size during memory allocation for TIFF images. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash the application by providing a specially crafted file, requiring user interaction to trigger. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSSv3 score of 6.5, the vulnerability has a high impact on availability. 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
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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-2017-18229Low

GraphicsMagick: allocation failure in ReadTIFFImage function in coders/tiff.c

Sep 13, 2017

References

hg.graphicsmagick.org / hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/752c0b41fa32
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party 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
sourceforge.net / p/graphicsmagick/bugs/461
Release Notes
usn.ubuntu.com / 4266-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4321
Third Party Advisory