CVE-2017-17912

Description

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.87% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory graphicsmagick.org Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/533/ issue tracking vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.html third party advisory mailing list
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/0d871e813a4f patch vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-17912?
CVE-2017-17912 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-17912?
To fix CVE-2017-17912, 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-2017-17912 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-17912 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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