UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17498

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17498
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17498.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17498
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Published
2017-12-11T02:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:32Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

WritePNMImage in coders/pnm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bit_stream.c MagickBitStreamMSBWrite heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / graphicsmagick

Package

Name
graphicsmagick
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/graphicsmagick@1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.16-1.1ubuntu2
1.3.16-1.1ubuntu3
1.3.18-1ubuntu3
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm2
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm3
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compat",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-magick-perl",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick++1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick++3",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick3",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / graphicsmagick

Package

Name
graphicsmagick
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/graphicsmagick@1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.21-3
1.3.23-1
1.3.23-1build1
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.2
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.3
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compat",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-magick-perl",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick++-q16-12",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick++1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick-q16-3",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5"
        }
    ]
}