CVE-2017-15277

Exp

ReadGIFImage in coders/gif.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 and GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 leaves the palette uninitialized when processing a GIF file that has neither a global nor local palette. If the affected product is used as a library loaded into a process that operates on interesting data, this data sometimes can be leaked via the uninitialized palette.

Published: 2017-10-12 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-15277 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.19%, 97th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-15277

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-15277

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 48.48% 19.19% -29.29%
2 2026-05-29 59.29% 48.48% -10.81%
3 2026-04-09 — 59.29% —

Full EPSS history (41 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-15277

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-15277

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-15277

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2017-15277: 1 source package rows (graphicsmagick); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-15277
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-15277 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (graphicsmagick, imagemagick), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15277
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15277
suse medium CVE-2017-15277 severity moderate: SUSE including 32 source package names (GraphicsMagick-1.2.5-4.78.28.2, ImageMagick-6.4.3.6-7.78.17.1, …), 93 product×package rows across 26 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3, … (26 product lines)): Fixed 93. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15277/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-15277 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (graphicsmagick, imagemagick), 28 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): released 15, not-affected 9, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15277

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-15277

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
graphicsmagick graphicsmagick 1.3.26 cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.6-1 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-15277

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