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CVE-2017-15930

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Oct 27, 2017 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15930
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

In ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26, a Null Pointer Dereference occurs while transferring JPEG scanlines, related to a PixelPacket pointer.

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 upstream *
Graphicsmagick Ubuntu xenial *
Graphicsmagick Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References

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