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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-15277 · published 12 October 2017

CVE-2017-15277: Graphicsmagick information exposure vulnerability

Graphicsmagick · Graphicsmagick

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.

6.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 19% · top 2.8% CWE-200 · Information exposure
6.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9fd10cf630832b36a588c1545d8736539b2f1fb5 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/592 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/neex/gifoeb ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4032
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4040
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/9fd10cf630832b36a588c1545d8736539b2f1fb5 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/592 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/neex/gifoeb ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4032
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4040
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-15277), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.