Out-of-bounds Read Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.23-1ubuntu0.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GRAPHICSMAGICK-352345
  • published27 Dec 2017
  • disclosed27 Dec 2017

Introduced: 27 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17915  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.6 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadMNGImage in coders/png.c, related to accessing one byte before testing whether a limit has been reached.