Heap-based buffer overread in GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick - CVE-2017-13134

 

Heap-based buffer overread in GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick - CVE-2017-13134

Published: December 27, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9797
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13134
CWE-ID: CWE-126
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the function SFWScan in coders/sfw.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Affected software

GraphicsMagick
ImageMagick
Arch Linux
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2017-13134

Install update from vendor's website.


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