Denial of Service Vulnerability in GraphicsMagick Software
CVE-2017-18220

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Graphicsmagick

Status
Graphicsmagick
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 March 2018

What is CVE-2017-18220?

The ReadOneJNGImage and ReadJNGImage functions in the coder module of GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 are susceptible to denial of service attacks. By providing a specially crafted file, remote attackers can trigger a use-after-free error in the CloseBlob function of the magick/blob.c codebase. This vulnerability may lead to instability in system performance or other unspecified impacts, making it crucial for users to update their installations promptly.

References

https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/438/
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg0...
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http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/987211...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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