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Debian: CVE-2017-17879: imagemagick -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-17879: imagemagick -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/20/2018
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-21, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadOneMNGImage in coders/png.c, related to length calculation and caused by an off-by-one error.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-imagemagick

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