Out-of-Bounds Read in GraphicsMagick (CVE-2017-17915)
Summary
Vulnerability in GraphicsMagick (CVE-2017-17915). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20171217 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadMNGImage in coders/png.c, related to accessing one byte before testing whether a limit has been reached.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-17915 has been found in GraphicsMagick.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "GraphicsMagick CVE-2017-17915" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-17915 (GraphicsMagick) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in GraphicsMagick.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of GraphicsMagick.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'GraphicsMagick' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'GraphicsMagick' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
GraphicsMagickを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17915 graphicsmagick Fixed in: 1.3.27-3
References
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory debian.org
- patch hg.graphicsmagick.org
- patch sourceforge.net
- web usn.ubuntu.com