Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-17501
Published: December 11, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33209
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-2017-17501
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted file. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17501
Update to version 1.3.27.
Sources
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/5b8414c0d0c4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102185
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/526/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4248-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321