NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-GRAPHICSMAGICK-352338
  • published27 Oct 2017
  • disclosed27 Oct 2017

Introduced: 27 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15930  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm4 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.

In ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26, a Null Pointer Dereference occurs while transferring JPEG scanlines, related to a PixelPacket pointer.