CVE-2017-17915
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 8 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.3.27-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.3.27-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.3.27-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.3.27-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.3.27-3 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| graphicsmagick | graphicsmagick | 1.3.27 | |
References
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/1721f1b7e67a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html
- https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/535/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17915
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.