Vulnerability in Imagemagick
CVE-2018-20467
In coders/bmp.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.8-16, an input file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU and memory consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
EPSS: 0.031 (86.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Imagemagick
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-20467?
- CVE-2018-20467 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-26.
- How severe is CVE-2018-20467?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.