CVE-2017-16353

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 14%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 is vulnerable to a memory information disclosure vulnerability found in the DescribeImage function of the magick/describe.c file, because of a heap-based buffer over-read. The portion of the code containing the vulnerability is responsible for printing the IPTC Profile information contained in the image. This vulnerability can be triggered with a specially crafted MIFF file. There is an out-of-bounds buffer dereference because certain increments are never checked.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EPSS
96.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

November 1, 2017

Last Modified

May 13, 2026

References (18)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibgraphicsmagick1-dev (1.3.23-1ubuntu0.4) @ xenial2026-05-22ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 29× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-06-22 22:05 UTCOSV refresh
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  1. 2026-06-13 22:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-06-05 14:27 UTCOSV refresh
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  31. 2026-05-22 08:22 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-05-22 08:22 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-05-22 08:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-05-20 23:06 UTCOSV refresh
  35. 2026-05-20 22:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-43111
    First seen Nov 3, 2017

    GraphicsMagick - Memory Disclosure / Heap Overflow

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-16353?
CVE-2017-16353 is a medium vulnerability published on November 1, 2017. GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 is vulnerable to a memory information disclosure vulnerability found in the DescribeImage function of the magick/describe.c file, because of a heap-based buffer over-read. The portion of the code containing the vulnerability is responsible for printing the IPTC Profile…
When was CVE-2017-16353 disclosed?
CVE-2017-16353 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 1, 2017, with the most recent update on May 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-16353 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-16353 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 96.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-16353?
CVE-2017-16353 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-16353?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-16353, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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