CVE-2017-18229 — MEDIUM (6.5)

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. An allocation failure vulnerability was found in the function ReadTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, because file size is not properly used to restrict scanline, strip, and tile allocations.

CVSS Score

6.5

MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Graphicsmagick	Graphicsmagick	1.3.26
Debian	Debian Linux	7.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770

References

http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/752c0b41fa32ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00025.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/461/Release Notes
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321Third Party Advisory
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/752c0b41fa32ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00025.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/461/Release Notes
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321Third Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2017-18229?

CVE-2017-18229 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). An issue was discovered in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. An allocation failure vulnerability was found in the function ReadTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via ...

How severe is CVE-2017-18229?

CVE-2017-18229 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2017-18229?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, Debian Debian Linux.