Resource exhaustion in Graphicsmagick
CVE-2017-18229
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Graphicsmagick — versions 1.3.26
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/752c0b41fa32 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/461/ (Release Notes)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00025.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/ (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-18229?
- CVE-2017-18229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Graphicsmagick, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-14.
- How severe is CVE-2017-18229?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.