CVE-2017-17912

8.8 HIGH

Published: December 27, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/0d871e813a4f

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/533/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/0d871e813a4f