GraphicsMagick: allocation failure in ReadTIFFImage function in coders/tiff.c
Published Mar 14, 2018
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.27%
Description
An issue was discovered in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. An allocation failure vulnerability was found in the function ReadTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, because file size is not properly used to restrict scanline, strip, and tile allocations.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.3.26
Configuration 2
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 9.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
GraphicsMagick
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | GraphicsMagick | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.27% (0.02271) | 82.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.35% (0.02351) | 81.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.02% (0.01016) | 75.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00294) | 70.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00294) | 68.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00294) | 65.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 58.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01806) | 35.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.81% (0.01806) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/752c0b41fa32 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18229 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1558749 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00025.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18229
- https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/461/ x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18229
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/752c0b41fa32 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18229 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1558749 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00025.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18229 | ||
| https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/461/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18229 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory |
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