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CVE-2012-3438

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2012-09-20	ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick -- DoS via specially crafted PNG file

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CVE-2012-3438 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-3438
Phase	Assigned(20120614)

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.

References

Source	Reference
MISC	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844105
CONFIRM	http://graphicsmagick.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick/rev/d6e469d02cd2
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2012:165
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2013:0536
BID	54716
SECUNIA	50090
XF	graphicsmagick-png-dos(77259)