6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-14042
GraphicsMagick Memory Allocation Denial of Service
Description

A memory allocation failure was discovered in the ReadPNMImage function in coders/pnm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. The vulnerability causes a big memory allocation, which may lead to remote denial of service in the MagickRealloc function in magick/memory.c.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 30, 2017, 10:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:12 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-14042 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Graphicsmagick graphicsmagick
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-14042.

URL Resource
http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/3bbf7a13643d Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100556 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickrealloc-memory-c-2/ Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4206-1/
http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/3bbf7a13643d Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100556 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickrealloc-memory-c-2/ Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4206-1/

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-14042 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4206-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100556 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100556 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickrealloc-memory-c-2/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickrealloc-memory-c-2/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 02, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100556 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickrealloc-memory-c-2/ No Types Assigned https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickrealloc-memory-c-2/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/3bbf7a13643d No Types Assigned http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/3bbf7a13643d Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.12 }} -0.01%

score

0.44339

percentile

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