Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-17783

 

Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-17783

Published: December 20, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33213
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17783
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 (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to buffer over-read in ReadPALMImage in coders/palm.c when QuantumDepth is 8. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-17783

Update to version 1.3.28.

Sources