Improper Input Validation Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.26-4
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- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed26 Jul 2017
Introduced: 26 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-11638 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:14 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.26-4 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a segmentation violation in the WriteMAPImage() function in coders/map.c when processing a non-colormapped image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-11642.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11638
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/29550606d8b9
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4222-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-11638
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/