UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17498

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17498

    Published: 11 Dec 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17498
    Aliases:
    USN-4248-1

    Summary:

    Details: WritePNMImage in coders/pnm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bit_stream.c MagickBitStreamMSBWrite heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17498, http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/f1c418ef0260, https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/525/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4248-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17498

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: graphicsmagick

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm5?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5

    Affected versions

    1.3.16-1.1ubuntu2
    1.3.16-1.1ubuntu3
    1.3.18-1ubuntu3
    1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1
    1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
    1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm2
    1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm3
    1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High