Out-of-Bounds Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.27-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE313-GRAPHICSMAGICK-1067711
  • published2 Feb 2021
  • disclosed11 Dec 2017

Introduced: 11 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17498  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (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.

WritePNMImage in coders/pnm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bit_stream.c MagickBitStreamMSBWrite heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.