Resource exhaustion in Imagemagick
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 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Imagemagick — versions 7.0.8-11
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/ecb31dbad39ccdc65868d5d2a37f0f0521250… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1268 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4316 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/ (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16645?
- CVE-2018-16645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-06.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16645?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.