Use After Free Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.17% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-GRAPHICSMAGICK-352350
  • published29 Aug 2017
  • disclosed29 Aug 2017

Introduced: 29 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13737  (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+esm3 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.

There is an invalid free in the MagickFree function in magick/memory.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.