CVE-2017-16547

Description

The DrawImage function in magick/render.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 does not properly look for pop keywords that are associated with push keywords, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (negative strncpy and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.91% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory sf.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00016.html mailing list
http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/785758bbbfcc third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321 vendor advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/517/ issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html mailing list
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/4248-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-16547?
CVE-2017-16547 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-16547?
To fix CVE-2017-16547, 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-2017-16547 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-16547 is being actively exploited. 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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