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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-17912

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.81%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadNewsProfile in coders/tiff.c, in which LocaleNCompare reads heap data beyond the allocated region.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.81% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.