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CVE-2017-18219

GraphicsMagick: Memory allocation failure in coders/png.c:ReadOnePNGImage() allows for denial of service via crafted file

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 6, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26. An allocation failure vulnerability was found in the function ReadOnePNGImage in coders/png.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file that triggers an attempt at a large png_pixels array allocation.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption