vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-14042: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 30, 2017 | Dec 11, 2017 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 30, 2017
Added
Dec 11, 2017
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A memory allocation failure was discovered in the ReadPNMImage function in coders/pnm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. The vulnerability causes a big memory allocation, which may lead to remote denial of service in the MagickRealloc function in magick/memory.c.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-graphicsmagick
Rapid7 Labs
2026 Global Threat Landscape Report
The predictive window has collapsed. Exploitation follows disclosure in days. See how attackers are accelerating and how to stay ahead.