SB20171211333 - Reachable Assertion in graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
Published: December 11, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB20171211333
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14649)
CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
CVSSv4: 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
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).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.