Buffer over-read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-10799

 

Buffer over-read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-10799

Published: November 4, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15705
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10799
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GraphicsMagick Group
Affected software:
GraphicsMagick

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read that occurs in ReadDPXImage() when processing DPX images with large width in metadata.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-10799

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources