CVE-2017-14042

A memory allocation failure was discovered in the ReadPNMImage function in coders/pnm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. The vulnerability causes a big memory allocation, which may lead to remote denial of service in the MagickRealloc function in magick/memory.c.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

2.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 84th percentile

Published

2017-08-30

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magic…

Security advisories

• http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/3bbf7a13643d
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100556
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magic…
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4206-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry