Input validation error in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-13648

 

Input validation error in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-13648

Published: August 23, 2017 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33723
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13648
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In GraphicsMagick 1.3.26, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-13648

Install update from vendor's website.

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