Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 30, 2017· Updated May 13, 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.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
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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