CVE-2017-17915 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Graphicsmagick	Graphicsmagick

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/1721f1b7e67a
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00005.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/535/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00729}`	epss `{'score': 0.00692}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-26T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:06:49.566Z

Reserved: 2017-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17915

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-27T17:08:22.577

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-17915

Redhat

No data.

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