CVE-2018-20184

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20184
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-17 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick 1.4 All All All
Application Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick 1.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-4207-1: GraphicsMagick vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1619-1] graphicsmagick security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
GraphicsMagick: changeset 15865:15d1b5fd003b MISC hg.graphicsmagick.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
GraphicsMagick / Bugs / #583 heap-buffer-overflow in WriteTGAImage of tga.c MISC sourceforge.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4640-1 graphicsmagick DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199314 Ubuntu Security Notification for GraphicsMagick Vulnerabilities (USN-5974-1)
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