Integer underflow in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-14997
Published: October 26, 2018 / Updated: October 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15556
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14997
CWE-ID: CWE-191
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GraphicsMagick Group
Affected software:
GraphicsMagick
GraphicsMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow condition in the ReadPICTImage function, as defined in the coders/pict.c source code. A remote attacker can trick the victim into accessing a malicious image file, trigger memory allocation failure, resulting in a DoS condition on the targeted system.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14997
Install update from vendor's website.