Medium severity · published Aug 30, 2017
CVE-2017-13777
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a denial of service issue in ReadXBMImage() in a coders/xbm.c "Read hex image data" version==10 case that results in the reader not returning; it would…
6.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a denial of service issue in ReadXBMImage() in a coders/xbm.c "Read hex image data" version==10 case that results in the reader not returning; it would cause large amounts of CPU and memory consumption although the crafted file itself does not request it.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
GR
Graphicsmagick · Graphicsmagick
1.3.26 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13777
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13777
Issue Tracking
http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/233a720bfd5e
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/31/1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100575
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4222-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
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