Out-of-bounds Read Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GRAPHICSMAGICK-352580
  • published20 Dec 2017
  • disclosed20 Dec 2017

Introduced: 20 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17782  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5 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 1.3.27a, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c, related to oFFs chunk allocation.