Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 14, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-18231

Description

An issue was discovered in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the function ReadEnhMetaFile in coders/emf.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

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Affected products

Graphicsmagick/Graphicsmagick2 versions
cpe: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
Debian/linux3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/ea074081678bnvdPatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00025.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/475/nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1/nvd

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