Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 30, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14042
CVE-2017-14042
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.
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Affected products
18cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.3.26
- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Studio%20Onsite%201.3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 1.2.5-4.78.28.2+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.28.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.28.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.20.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/3bbf7a13643dnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/28/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickrealloc-memory-c-2/nvdExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100556nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/4206-1/nvd
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