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CVE-2017-15238

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the...

8.8 HighFix available

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.75%Up 0.3 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage.

Record
CVE-2017-15238
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage.

Record
CVE-2017-15238
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6698 No score

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage.

Record
EUVD-2017-6698
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rr9g-mq89-3f7g 8.8

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the...

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage.

Record
GHSA-rr9g-mq89-3f7g
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage.

Record
CVE-2017-15238
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-15238 8.8

ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15238
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0413-1 No score

Security update for GraphicsMagick

This update for GraphicsMagick fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-13065: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the function SVGStartElement (bsc#1055038).
  • CVE-2018-5685: Prevent infinite loop and application hang in the ReadBMPImage function. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via an image file with a crafted bit-field mask value (bsc#1075939).
  • CVE-2017-9262: The ReadJNGImage function in coders/png.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (bsc#1043353)
  • CVE-2017-9261: The ReadMNGImage function in coders/png.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (bsc#1043354)
  • CVE-2017-10995: The mng_get_long function in coders/png.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted MNG image (bsc#1047908)
  • CVE-2017-11102: The ReadOneJNGImage function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) during JNG reading via a zero-length color_image data structure (bsc#1047910).
  • CVE-2017-11539: Prevent memory leak in the ReadOnePNGImage() function in coders/png.c (bsc#1050037)
  • CVE-2017-11505: The ReadOneJNGImage function in coders/png.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted file (bsc#1050072)
  • CVE-2017-11526: The ReadOneMNGImage function in coders/png.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted file (bsc#1050100)
  • CVE-2017-11750: The ReadOneJNGImage function in coders/png.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file (bsc#1051442)
  • CVE-2017-12565: Prevent memory leak in the function ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1052470)
  • CVE-2017-12676: Prevent memory leak in the function ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1052708)
  • CVE-2017-12673: Prevent memory leak in the function ReadOneMNGImage in coders/png.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1052717)
  • CVE-2017-12643: Prevent a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ReadOneJNGImage in coders\png.c (bsc#1052768)
  • CVE-2017-12641: Prevent a memory leak vulnerability in ReadOneJNGImage in coders\png.c (bsc#1052777)
  • CVE-2017-12640: Prevent an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ReadOneMNGImage in coders/png.c (bsc#1052781)
  • CVE-2017-12935: The ReadMNGImage function in coders/png.c mishandled large MNG images, leading to an invalid memory read in the SetImageColorCallBack function in magick/image.c (bsc#1054600)
  • CVE-2017-13147: Prevent allocation failure in the function ReadMNGImage in coders/png.c when a small MNG file has a MEND chunk with a large length value (bsc#1055374)
  • CVE-2017-13142: Added additional checks for short files to prevent a crafted PNG file from triggering a crash (bsc#1055455)
  • CVE-2017-13141: Prevent memory leak in ReadOnePNGImage in coders/png.c (bsc#1055456)
  • CVE-2017-14103: The ReadJNGImage and ReadOneJNGImage functions in coders/png.c did not properly manage image pointers after certain error conditions, which allowed remote attackers to conduct use-after-free attacks via a crafted file, related to a ReadMNGImage out-of-order CloseBlob call (bsc#1057000)
  • CVE-2017-14649: ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c did not properly validate JNG data, leading to a denial of service (assertion failure in magick/pixel_cache.c, and application crash) (bsc#1060162)
  • CVE-2017-15218: Prevent memory leak in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c (bsc#1062752)
  • CVE-2017-15238: ReadOneJNGImage had a use-after-free issue when the height or width is zero, related to ReadJNGImage (bsc#1067198).
  • CVE-2017-17782: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read in…
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0413-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
graphicsmagick
Debian:12
 before 1.3.26-14
1.3.26-14
graphicsmagick
Debian:13
 before 1.3.26-14
1.3.26-14
graphicsmagick
Debian:14
 before 1.3.26-14
1.3.26-14
graphicsmagick
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 56 CVEs
 before 1.3.30+hg15796-1~deb9u1, plus listed versions
1.3.25-81.3.26-11.3.26-101.3.26-111.3.26-12
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1.3.26-131.3.26-141.3.26-151.3.26-161.3.26-171.3.26-181.3.26-191.3.26-21.3.26-31.3.26-41.3.26-51.3.26-61.3.26-71.3.26-81.3.26-91.3.27-11.3.27-21.3.27-31.3.27-41.3.28-11.3.28-21.3.29+hg15665-11.3.29-11.3.30-1
1.3.30+hg15796-1~deb9u1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 34 CVEs
 before 1.2.5-4.78.33.1
1.2.5-4.78.33.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3
From an advisory covering 34 CVEs
 before 1.2.5-4.78.33.1
1.2.5-4.78.33.1

History

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In short

CVE-2017-15238 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Graphicsmagick, published October 11, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.75%, the 77th percentile. Fixed in graphicsmagick 1.3.26-14.

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