SB2017100411 - NULL pointer dereference in GraphicsMagick
Published: October 4, 2017 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017100411
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14994)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted DICOM image, related to the ability of DCM_ReadNonNativeImages to yield an image list with zero frames.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset;node=b3eca3eaa264
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101182
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
- 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://nandynarwhals.org/CVE-2017-14994/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/512/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321