CVE-2017-10794: graphicsmagick

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-10794 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in graphicsmagick. EPSS estimates a 1.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 02-07-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 processes an RGB TIFF picture (with metadata indicating a single sample per pixel) in coders/tiff.c, a buffer overflow occurs, related to QuantumTransferMode.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.