vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-14165)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 6, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 6, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
The ReadSUNImage function in coders/sun.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.27 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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-14165
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-14165
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/493da54370aa
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100678
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickmalloc-memory-c-2/
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-5675
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-7
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4232-1/
- CWE-119
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-5675
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