NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting GraphicsMagick-doc package, versions <0:1.3.28-1.12.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.1% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GRAPHICSMAGICKDOC-1710925
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed26 Jul 2017

Introduced: 26 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11637  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 GraphicsMagick-doc to version 0:1.3.28-1.12.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-966.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream GraphicsMagick-doc package and not the GraphicsMagick-doc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a NULL pointer dereference in the WritePCLImage() function in coders/pcl.c during writes of monochrome images.