CVE-2017-17915

Public on 2017-12-27

Modified on 2018-03-08

Description

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadMNGImage in coders/png.c, related to accessing one byte before testing whether a limit has been reached.

Severity

Important

See what this means

CVSS v3 Base Score

8.8

See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	GraphicsMagick	2018-03-07 21:35	ALAS-2018-966

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	CVSSv2	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv3	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-17915 Mitre: CVE-2017-17915 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity