Integer Underflow Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.27-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.45% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE313-GRAPHICSMAGICK-1067683
  • published2 Feb 2021
  • disclosed4 Oct 2017

Introduced: 4 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-14997  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.27-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphicsmagick package and not the graphicsmagick package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) because of an integer underflow in ReadPICTImage in coders/pict.c.