SB2017122707 - Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick
Published: December 27, 2017 Updated: December 27, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017122707
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-2017-17915)
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 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/1721f1b7e67a
- 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/535/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321