Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-3438 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Graphicsmagick 1.3.16

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
graphicsmagick
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2012-08-07
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Graphicsmagick
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-12366.NASL
    descriptionThis update : - addresses a potential memory allocation issue with png images - fixes a -devel multilib conflict - builds against lcms2 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-09-10
    plugin id62018
    published2012-09-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62018
    titleFedora 16 : GraphicsMagick-1.3.16-5.fc16 (2012-12366)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2012-12366.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(62018);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3438");
  script_bugtraq_id(54716);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2012-12366");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 16 : GraphicsMagick-1.3.16-5.fc16 (2012-12366)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update :

  - addresses a potential memory allocation issue with png
    images

    - fixes a -devel multilib conflict

    - builds against lcms2

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566361"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844106"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849778"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086013.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b6916029"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected GraphicsMagick package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:GraphicsMagick");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/08/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/10");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^16([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 16.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC16", reference:"GraphicsMagick-1.3.16-5.fc16")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "GraphicsMagick");
}
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2013-0756-1.NASL
    descriptionImageMagick has been updated to fix an integer overflow (CVE-2012-3438). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-05-20
    plugin id83582
    published2015-05-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83582
    titleSUSE SLED10 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2013:0756-1)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2013:0756-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(83582);
  script_version("2.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3438");
  script_bugtraq_id(54716);

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLED10 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2013:0756-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"ImageMagick has been updated to fix an integer overflow
(CVE-2012-3438).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  # http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=197e00af8ca9eee4ffb65e54b040e40d
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2c47e1ef"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/773612"
  );
  # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20130756-1.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?15cfca2b"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected ImageMagick packages"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ImageMagick");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ImageMagick-Magick++");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ImageMagick-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-PerlMagick");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/05/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/05/20");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(SLED10)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLED10", "SUSE " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);
if (cpu >!< "i386|i486|i586|i686|x86_64") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i386 / i486 / i586 / i686 / x86_64", cpu);


sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLED10" && (! ereg(pattern:"^4$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED10 SP4", os_ver + " SP" + sp);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ImageMagick-6.2.5-16.36.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ImageMagick-Magick++-6.2.5-16.36.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ImageMagick-devel-6.2.5-16.36.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perl-PerlMagick-6.2.5-16.36.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:"4", cpu:"i586", reference:"ImageMagick-6.2.5-16.36.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:"4", cpu:"i586", reference:"ImageMagick-Magick++-6.2.5-16.36.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:"4", cpu:"i586", reference:"ImageMagick-devel-6.2.5-16.36.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:"4", cpu:"i586", reference:"perl-PerlMagick-6.2.5-16.36.2")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ImageMagick");
}
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_IMAGEMAGICK-130320.NASL
    descriptionImageMagick has been updated to fix an integer overflow. (CVE-2012-3438) Also a slowness in
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2013-05-08
    plugin id66343
    published2013-05-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66343
    titleSuSE 11.2 Security Update : ImageMagick (SAT Patch Number 7520)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_IMAGEMAGICK-8512.NASL
    descriptionImageMagick has been updated to fix an integer overflow. (CVE-2012-3438)
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2013-05-08
    plugin id66345
    published2013-05-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66345
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : ImageMagick (ZYPP Patch Number 8512)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2012-165.NASL
    descriptionA vulnerability has been found and corrected in graphicsmagick : 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 (CVE-2012-3438). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id62540
    published2012-10-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62540
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : graphicsmagick (MDVSA-2012:165)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-12352.NASL
    descriptionThis update : - addresses a potential memory allocation issue with png images - fixes a -devel multilib conflict - builds against lcms2 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-09-10
    plugin id62017
    published2012-09-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62017
    titleFedora 17 : GraphicsMagick-1.3.16-5.fc17 (2012-12352)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_98690C45036111E2A391000C29033C32.NASL
    descriptionKurt Seifried reports : There is an issue in ImageMagick that is also present in GraphicsMagick. CVE-2011-3026 deals with libpng memory allocation, and limitations have been added so that a bad PNG can
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id62298
    published2012-09-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62298
    titleFreeBSD : ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick -- DoS via specially crafted PNG file (98690c45-0361-11e2-a391-000c29033c32)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2013-252.NASL
    descriptionGraphicsMagick was updated to fix integer overflows in the _png_malloc functions (CVE-2012-3438).
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-06-13
    plugin id74944
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74944
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : GraphicsMagick (openSUSE-SU-2013:0536-1)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-12333.NASL
    descriptionThis update : - addresses a potential memory allocation issue with png images - fixes a -devel multilib conflict - builds against lcms2 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-09-18
    plugin id62136
    published2012-09-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62136
    titleFedora 18 : GraphicsMagick-1.3.16-5.fc18 (2012-12333)

References