vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-11140: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 10, 2017
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

The ReadJPEGImage function in coders/jpeg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 creates a pixel cache before a successful read of a scanline, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via crafted JPEG files.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-graphicsmagick
Title
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