Memory corruption in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-18219
Published: March 19, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11159
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18219
CWE-ID: CWE-789
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
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.
Affected software
GraphicsMagick
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
GraphicsMagick
Fedora
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
GraphicsMagick
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18219
Install update from vendor's website.
GraphicsMagick - addressed in versions 1.3.32-1.fc29, 1.3.32-1.fc30, 1.3.34-1.el7, 1.3.34-1.el8