High severity · published Dec 20, 2017
CVE-2017-17783
In GraphicsMagick 1.3.27a, there is a buffer over-read in ReadPALMImage in coders/palm.c when QuantumDepth is 8
7.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In GraphicsMagick 1.3.27a, there is a buffer over-read in ReadPALMImage in coders/palm.c when QuantumDepth is 8.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
GR
Graphicsmagick · Graphicsmagick
1.3.27a · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17783
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17783
hg.graphicsmagick.org
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=60932931559a
Issue Tracking
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/529/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4248-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
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