High severity · published Feb 7, 2018
CVE-2018-6799
The AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap overwrite) or possibly have…
8.8
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap overwrite) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file, because a pixel staging area is not used.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
GR
Graphicsmagick · Graphicsmagick
before 1.3.28 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6799
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6799
Patch
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/b41e2efce6d3
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102981
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00017.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
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