Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2017-14504 |
CWE-ID | CWE-476 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
GraphicsMagick Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | GraphicsMagick Group |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU33202
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14504
CWE-ID:
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in coders/pnm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 does not ensure the correct number of colors for the XV 332 format, leading to a NULL Pointer Dereference. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationUpdate to version 1.3.27.
Vulnerable software versionsGraphicsMagick: 1.3.26
External linkshttp://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset;node=fb09ca6dd22c
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100877
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
http://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/465/
http://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/466/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/
http://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.