Use After Free Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.38% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-GRAPHICSMAGICK-352279
  • published5 Mar 2018
  • disclosed5 Mar 2018

Introduced: 5 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-18220  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm2 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.

The ReadOneJNGImage and ReadJNGImage functions in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (magick/blob.c CloseBlob use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, a related issue to CVE-2017-11403.