Buffer over-read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-17913
Published: December 27, 2017 / Updated: January 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10308
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17913
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer over-read in WriteWEBPImage in coders/webp.c, related to an incompatibility with libwebp versions, 0.5.0 and later, that use a different structure type. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
GraphicsMagick
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
GraphicsMagick
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
GraphicsMagick
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17913
Install update from vendor's website.
GraphicsMagick - addressed in versions 1.3.28-1.el6, 1.3.28-1.el7, 1.3.28-1.fc26, 1.3.28-1.fc27