Input validation error in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-11638

 

Input validation error in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-11638

Published: July 26, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33194
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11638
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GraphicsMagick Group
Affected software:
GraphicsMagick

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a segmentation violation in the WriteMAPImage() function in coders/map.c when processing a non-colormapped image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-11642.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-11638

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources