CVE-2017-14042 Denial of service in n/a
A memory allocation failure in GraphicsMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted PNM images.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-14042?
CVE-2017-14042 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, published on 30 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14042?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-14042?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-14042 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14042 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14042, GHSA-m5q2-75v9-r9fr, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14042.