Out-of-bounds Read Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.25-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.13% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE313-GRAPHICSMAGICK-1067792
  • published2 Feb 2021
  • disclosed6 Feb 2017

Introduced: 6 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-7449  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.25-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.

The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a file containing an "unterminated" string.