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CVE-2017-14994 json

ReadDCMImage in coders/dcm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-6470

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ReadDCMImage in coders/dcm.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted DICOM image, related to the ability of DCM_ReadNonNativeImages to yield an image list with zero frames.

Patch / fix

  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.26-13

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14994

  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.4
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14994

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • GraphicsMagick Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.5-4.78.28.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0197-1

  • graphicsmagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +13 more 1.3.27-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-14994

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14994 updated cvss 3.3

GraphicsMagick: NULL pointer dereference in the ReadDCMImage

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • nandynarwhals.org https://nandynarwhals.org/CVE-2017-14994/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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