Out-of-Bounds Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
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- published30 Aug 2017
- disclosed30 Aug 2017
Introduced: 30 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-14042 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm1 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
A memory allocation failure was discovered in the ReadPNMImage function in coders/pnm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. The vulnerability causes a big memory allocation, which may lead to remote denial of service in the MagickRealloc function in magick/memory.c.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14042
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14042
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/3bbf7a13643d
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickrealloc-memory-c-2/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100556
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4206-1/