NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.27-r0
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- published2 Feb 2021
- disclosed14 Mar 2018
Introduced: 14 Mar 2018
CVE-2017-18231 (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.
An issue was discovered in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the function ReadEnhMetaFile in coders/emf.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
References
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/ea074081678b
- https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/475/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/