CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-14504

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 17, 2017 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

ReadPNMImage in coders/pnm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 does not ensure the correct number of colors for the XV 332 format, leading to a NULL Pointer Dereference.

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick 1.3.26 (including) 1.3.26 (including)
Graphicsmagick Ubuntu artful *
Graphicsmagick Ubuntu trusty *
Graphicsmagick Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Graphicsmagick Ubuntu xenial *
Graphicsmagick Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

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