Input validation error in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-13777
Published: August 30, 2017 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33782
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-2017-13777
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a denial of service issue in ReadXBMImage() in a coders/xbm.c "Read hex image data" version==10 case that results in the reader not returning; it would cause large amounts of CPU and memory consumption although the crafted file itself does not request it.
Affected software
GraphicsMagick
Arch Linux
Fedora
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
GraphicsMagick
Arch Linux
Fedora
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
GraphicsMagick
How to mitigate CVE-2017-13777
Install update from vendor's website.
GraphicsMagick - update to 1.3.27
graphicsmagick (Alpine package) - update to 1.3.25-r4
GraphicsMagick - addressed in versions 1.3.34-1.el7, 1.3.34-1.el8
graphicsmagick (Alpine package) - update to 1.3.25-r4
GraphicsMagick - addressed in versions 1.3.34-1.el7, 1.3.34-1.el8