Use After Free Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.26-14
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- published22 Aug 2026
- disclosed11 Oct 2017
Introduced: 11 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-15238 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest graphicsmagick to version 1.3.26-14 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 Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2017-15238
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset;node=93bdb9b30076
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset;node=df946910910d
- 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/
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=93bdb9b30076
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=df946910910d
- 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/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/469/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321