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FKIE_CVE-2018-20467

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-12-26 03:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:52
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00034.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106315Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/db0add932fb850d762b02604ca3053b7d7ab6debPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1408Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00034.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106315Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/db0add932fb850d762b02604ca3053b7d7ab6debPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1408Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
imagemagick imagemagick *
imagemagick imagemagick *
opensuse leap 15.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04
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