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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-16547: Improper Input Validation

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-16547: Improper Input Validation

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/06/2017
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

The DrawImage function in magick/render.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 does not properly look for pop keywords that are associated with push keywords, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (negative strncpy and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-graphicsmagick

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