Name: CVE-2017-14165: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-14165, CWE-119, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.02296

The ReadSUNImage function in coders/sun.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has an issue where memory allocation is excessive because it depends only on a length field in a header. This may lead to remote denial of service in the MagickMalloc function in magick/memory.c.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade graphicsmagick	Dec 11, 2017	Sep 6, 2017
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Sep 6, 2017
Debian	—	Upgrade graphicsmagick	Jul 30, 2024	Sep 6, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade perl-GraphicsMagickUpgrade GraphicsMagickUpgrade libGraphicsMagick2	Nov 16, 2017	Sep 6, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade graphicsmagickUpgrade libgraphicsmagick++-q16-12Upgrade libgraphicsmagick-q16-3	Jan 9, 2020	Sep 6, 2017

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CVSS Details

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