NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.25-r3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.77% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE36-GRAPHICSMAGICK-467838
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2017-11642  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.6 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.25-r3 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.

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WriteMAPImage() function in coders/map.c when processing a non-colormapped image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-11638.