Reachable Assertion in GraphicsMagick



| Updated: 2020-08-04
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-14649
CWE-ID CWE-617
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 GraphicsMagick
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor GraphicsMagick Group

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Reachable Assertion

EUVDB-ID: #VU33444

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14649

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick version 1.3.26 does not properly validate JNG data, leading to a denial of service (assertion failure in magick/pixel_cache.c, and application crash).

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

GraphicsMagick: 1.3.26

CPE2.3 External links

https://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/358608a46f0a
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100958
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/19/graphicsmagick-assertion-failure-in-pixel_cache-c/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/439/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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