Memory corruption in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-18219

 

Memory corruption in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-18219

Published: March 19, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11159
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18219
CWE-ID: CWE-789
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GraphicsMagick Group
Affected software:
GraphicsMagick

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenicated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the ReadOnePNGImage function due to memory allocation. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted file, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-18219

Install update from vendor's website.

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