NULL pointer dereference in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-14994

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NULL pointer dereference in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-14994

Published: October 4, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33203
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14994
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted DICOM image, related to the ability of DCM_ReadNonNativeImages to yield an image list with zero frames.


Affected software

GraphicsMagick
Fedora
Ubuntu
Opensuse
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
graphicsmagick (Ubuntu package)
libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 (Ubuntu package)
libgraphicsmagick++-q16-12 (Ubuntu package)
GraphicsMagick

How to mitigate CVE-2017-14994

Update to version 1.3.27.

GraphicsMagick - update to 1.3.27
graphicsmagick (Alpine package) - update to 1.3.27-r0
graphicsmagick (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.4
libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.4
libgraphicsmagick++-q16-12 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.4
GraphicsMagick - addressed in versions 1.3.32-1.fc29, 1.3.32-1.fc30, 1.3.34-1.el7, 1.3.34-1.el8

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