CVE-2017-17879
N/A
Published: December 24, 2017 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:11 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxImageMagick
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-21, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadOneMNGImage in coders/png.c, related to length calculation and caused by an off-by-one error.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102305x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/906Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4204Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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