SB2017122007 - Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick
Published: December 20, 2017 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017122007
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17782)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c, related to oFFs chunk allocation. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset;node=8e3d2264109c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html
- https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/530/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4248-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321