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CVE-2018-16645

There is an excessive memory allocation issue in the functions ReadBMPImage of coders/bmp.c and ReadDIBImage of coders/dib.c in ImageMagick…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.2%
percentile 88%
Public exploits
0
none known

There is an excessive memory allocation issue in the functions ReadBMPImage of coders/bmp.c and ReadDIBImage of coders/dib.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.21% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

  • github.com /ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/ecb31dbad39ccdc65868d5d2a37f0f0521250832 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • github.com /ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1268 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4316 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3785-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4034-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred

Sources

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