CVE-2017-18219 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service in GraphicsMagick by providing a crafted PNG file that triggers excessive memory allocation.
- 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-2017-18219?
CVE-2017-18219 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 5 Mar 2018. 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
An issue was discovered in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. An allocation failure vulnerability was found in the function ReadOnePNGImage in coders/png.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file that triggers an attempt at a large png_pixels array allocation.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18219?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick.
How do I fix CVE-2017-18219?
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-2017-18219 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18219 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18219, GHSA-jw8v-jh7w-rq6m, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18219.