CVE-2012-3438 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Graphicsmagick

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GraphicsmagickDebian Graphicsmagick
Timeline
PublishedAug 7
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The Magick_png_malloc function in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 6.7.8-6 does not use the proper variable type for the allocation size, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG file that triggers incorrect memory allocation.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/graphicsmagick< graphicsmagick 1.3.16-1.1 (bookworm)
▶Debiangraphicsmagick/graphicsmagick< 1.3.16-1.1+3

Patches

Patch: graphicsmagick.hg.sourceforge.net ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: graphicsmagick.hg.sourceforge.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9cj3-p33g-x9hg: The Magick_png_malloc function in coders/png↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-3438: The Magick_png_malloc function in coders/png↗2012-08-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2012-3438: graphicsmagick - The Magick_png_malloc function in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 6.7.8-6 does no...↗2012
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-3438 GraphicsMagick: png_IM_malloc() size argument [fedora-all]↗2012-07-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-3438 GraphicsMagick: png_IM_malloc() size argument↗2012-07-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-3438 GraphicsMagick: png_IM_malloc() size argument [epel-all]↗2012-07-28
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