Input validation error in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2016-9830
Published: March 1, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33187
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2016-9830
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GraphicsMagick Group
Affected software:
GraphicsMagick
GraphicsMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9830
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/38d0f281e8c8
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00141.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94625
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickrealloc-memory-c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401536