A vulnerability was detected in GraphicsMagick up to 1.3.47. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ExtractPostscript of the file coders/wpg.c of the component WPG File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in uncontrolled recursion. The attack may be initiated remotely. The patch is named 627b5b1b2fc2. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Weakness
The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
Potential Mitigations
- Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.
Related Attack Patterns
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