Is CVE-2017-18229 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-18229 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-18229?

CVE-2017-18229 has a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2017-18229?

Patch guidance is available from graphicsmagick security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2017-18229.

CVE-2017-18229 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2017-18229?

4 products: graphicsmagick graphicsmagick, debian debian linux, debian debian linux, debian debian linux.

Description

An issue was discovered in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. An allocation failure vulnerability was found in the function ReadTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, because file size is not properly used to restrict scanline, strip, and tile allocations.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-770

Metadata

Primary Vendor: GRAPHICSMAGICK
Published: 3/14/2018
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

graphicsmagick : graphicsmagickdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD