A vulnerability was found in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 (Image Processing Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function DrawImage of the file magick/render.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The DrawImage function in magick/render.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 does not properly look for pop keywords that are associated with push keywords, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (negative strncpy and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

The bug was discovered 10/16/2017. The weakness was shared 11/06/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at hg.code.sf.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-16547 since 11/05/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 21 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104534 (Debian DLA-1170-1 : graphicsmagick security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 170786 (OpenSUSE Security Update for GraphicsMagick (openSUSE-SU-2018:0087-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (104534). The entries 111075 and 111408 are related to this item.

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• Image Processing Software

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• GraphicsMagick

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• 1.3.26

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• open-source

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