GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8 coders/tiff.c ReadNewsProfile memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8. Affected by this issue is the function ReadNewsProfile of the file coders/tiff.c. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-17912. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8 (Image Processing Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function ReadNewsProfile of the file coders/tiff.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 12/20/2017. The weakness was released 12/27/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at hg.graphicsmagick.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-17912 since 12/26/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105659 (Debian DLA-1231-1 : 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 170778 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for GraphicsMagick (SUSE-SU-2018:0524-1)).

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 (105659). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-105663, VDB-110446, VDB-110447 and VDB-110448. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 105659
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-1231-1 : graphicsmagick security update
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OpenVAS ID: 68513
OpenVAS Name: Debian Lts Announce DLA 1231-1 ([SECURITY] [DLA 1231-1] graphicsmagick security update)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-4266-1
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CVE: CVE-2017-17912 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-17912
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111101

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/28/2017 09:50
Updated: 01/19/2023 11:05
Changes: 12/28/2017 09:50 (73), 12/18/2019 13:27 (5), 01/19/2023 11:05 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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