Medium severity · published Dec 17, 2018
CVE-2018-20184
In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20181209 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the WriteTGAImage function of tga.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a…
6.5
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20181209 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the WriteTGAImage function of tga.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file, because the number of rows or columns can exceed the pixel-dimension restrictions of the TGA specification.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
GR
Graphicsmagick · Graphicsmagick
1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20184
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20184
Patch
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/15d1b5fd003b
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106229
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00018.html
Exploit
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/583/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4207-1/
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4640
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