CVE-2017-14997

Description

GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) because of an integer underflow in ReadPICTImage in coders/pict.c.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.02% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=0683f8724200
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101183 vdb entry third party advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/511/ issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html third party advisory mailing list
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/ci/0683f8724200495059606c03f04e0d589b33ebe8/ issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-14997?
CVE-2017-14997 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-14997?
To fix CVE-2017-14997, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-14997 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-14997 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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