CVE-2017-17912 [High] | Out-of-bounds Read in Graphicsmagick

CVE-2017-17912 is rated Moderate Risk (62.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.81%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.83%	1.81%	+0.99%
2	2025-07-12	0.87%	0.83%	-0.04%
3	2025-03-30	—	0.87%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.83%

1.81%

+0.99%

2025-07-12

0.87%

0.83%

-0.04%

2025-03-30

—

0.87%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
8.8	3.0	HIGH	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` 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:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.8	5.9	[email protected]
6.8	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P` 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:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:P) Partial availability impact.	8.6	6.4	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

8.8

3.0

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.8

5.9

[email protected]

6.8

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P): Partial availability impact.

8.6

6.4

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-17912

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2017-17912 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (graphicsmagick), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17912
`suse`	medium	CVE-2017-17912 severity moderate: SUSE including 3 source package names (GraphicsMagick-1.2.5-4.78.38.1, libGraphicsMagick2-1.2.5-4.78.38.1, perl-GraphicsMagick-1.2.5-4.78.38.1), 5 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4, SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3): Fixed 5.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17912/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2017-17912 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (graphicsmagick), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 9, released 3, ignored 2.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17912

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-17912

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
graphicsmagick	graphicsmagick	1.3.27	cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.27:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	7.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	9.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

References for CVE-2017-17912

URL	Tags
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/0d871e813a4f	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/533/	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321	Third Party Advisory

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CVE-2017-17912

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-17912

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-17912

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-17912

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-17912

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-17912

References for CVE-2017-17912