CVE-2017-16669 — coders/wpg

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

01What is this vulnerability?

coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-11-09T00:29:00.207
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• hg.code.sf.net — http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/135bdcb88b8d
• hg.code.sf.net — http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/1b9e64a8901e
• hg.code.sf.net — http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/2a21cda3145b
• hg.code.sf.net — http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/2b7c826d36af
• hg.code.sf.net — http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/3dc7b4e3779d
• hg.code.sf.net — http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/75245a215fff
• hg.code.sf.net — http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/e8086faa52d0
• hg.code.sf.net — http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/fcd3ed3394f6
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101795
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00013.html