Use-after-free in GraphicsMagick



| Updated: 2020-08-03
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-15238
CWE-ID CWE-416
Exploitation vector Network
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 high risk vulnerability.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU33204

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15238

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

GraphicsMagick: 1.3.26

CPE2.3 External links

https://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset;node=93bdb9b30076
https://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset;node=df946910910d
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/469/
https://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.



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