GraphicsMagick 1.3.27a coders/palm.c readpalmimage memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in GraphicsMagick 1.3.27a (Image Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function readpalmimage of the file coders/palm.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In GraphicsMagick 1.3.27a, there is a buffer over-read in ReadPALMImage in coders/palm.c when QuantumDepth is 8.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2017. The weakness was shared 12/20/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at hg.graphicsmagick.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-17783 since 12/19/2017. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106539 (Fedora 27 : GraphicsMagick (2018-7c61d08c4f)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277107 (Fedora Security Update for GraphicsMagick (FEDORA-2018-bfb9835edd)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (106539). The entries VDB-105693, VDB-108884, VDB-110823 and VDB-111102 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
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Nessus ID: 106539
Nessus Name: Fedora 27 : GraphicsMagick (2018-7c61d08c4f)
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OpenVAS ID: 60106
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for GraphicsMagick FEDORA-2018-7c61d08c4f
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Advisory: FEDORA-2018-7c61d08c4f
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CVE: CVE-2017-17783 (🔍)
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Created: 12/20/2017 02:19 PM
Updated: 01/18/2023 12:23 PM
Changes: 12/20/2017 02:19 PM (73), 12/16/2019 08:40 AM (5), 01/18/2023 12:15 PM (4), 01/18/2023 12:23 PM (1)
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