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CVE-2017-12936 in the critical feed json

The ReadWMFImage function in coders/wmf.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue for data associated with exception reporting.

published 2017-08-18 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-4460

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
25.1%
EPSS 25.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The ReadWMFImage function in coders/wmf.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue for data associated with exception reporting.

Patch / fix

  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.26-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12936

  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.3
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12936

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • GraphicsMagick Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.5-4.78.16.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3056-1

  • graphicsmagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +13 more 1.3.26-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-12936

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • graphicsmagick Arch Linux 1.3.27-1

arch linux advisories AVG-355

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12936 updated cvss 3.3

GraphicsMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

25.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.