Improper input validation in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2017-16545

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9812

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16545

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The weakness exists due to the ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c does not properly validate colormapped images. A remote attacker can transfer specially crafted WPG image, trigger ImportIndexQuantumType invalid write and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

GraphicsMagick
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
GraphicsMagick
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse

Install update from vendor's website.

GraphicsMagick - addressed in versions 1.3.32-1.fc29, 1.3.32-1.fc30, 1.3.34-1.el7, 1.3.34-1.el8

• http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/e8086faa52d0

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