CVE-2017-18229

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2017-18229 · Published 14/03/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-18229 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting graphicsmagick (graphicsmagick).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
graphicsmagick graphicsmagick	`= 1.3.26`	No fix yet

Description

An issue was discovered in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. An allocation failure vulnerability was found in the function ReadTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, because file size is not properly used to restrict scanline, strip, and tile allocations.

References

hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/752c0b41fa32 · Exploit
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00025.html · Mailing List
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html · Mailing List
sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/461 · Release Notes
usn.ubuntu.com/4266-1
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

graphicsmagick

= 1.3.26

No fix yet

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