Medium severity · published Dec 17, 2018
CVE-2018-20189
In GraphicsMagick 1.3.31, the ReadDIBImage function of coders/dib.c has a vulnerability allowing a crash and denial of service via a dib file that is crafted to appear with direct…
6.5
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In GraphicsMagick 1.3.31, the ReadDIBImage function of coders/dib.c has a vulnerability allowing a crash and denial of service via a dib file that is crafted to appear with direct pixel values and also colormapping (which is not available beyond 8-bits/sample), and therefore lacks indexes initialization.
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
1.3.31 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20189
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20189
Mailing List
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/648e2b406589
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106227
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00018.html
Exploit
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/585/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4207-1/
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4640
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