CVE-2016-2318

GraphicsMagick 1.3.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted SVG file, related to the (1) DrawImage function in magick/render.c, (2) SVGStartElement function in coders/svg.c, and (3) TraceArcPath function in magick/render.c.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00010.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00037.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/11/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/27/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/31/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83241
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306148