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.

EPSS: 0.032 (86.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, 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.