NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.27-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.36% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE36-GRAPHICSMAGICK-467708
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2017-14504  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.6 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:3.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

ReadPNMImage in coders/pnm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 does not ensure the correct number of colors for the XV 332 format, leading to a NULL Pointer Dereference.