CVE-2017-16545

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    CVE-2017-16545

    Published: 5 Nov 2017Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 does not properly validate colormapped images, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ImportIndexQuantumType invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed WPG image.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4248-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321, http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/e8086faa52d0, https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/519/

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