Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2017-17915 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
GraphicsMagick Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products Debian Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor |
GraphicsMagick Group Debian |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU37725
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17915
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in ReadMNGImage in coders/png.c, related to accessing one byte before testing whether a limit has been reached. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGraphicsMagick: 1.3.27
Debian Linux: 1.3.27 - 9.0
External linkshttp://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/1721f1b7e67a
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html
http://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/535/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/
http://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.