CVE-2018-20189

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20189
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-17 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-03 16:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

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 1.3.31 All All All
Application Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick 1.3.31 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GraphicsMagick / Bugs / #585 Assertion Failure in coders/png.c:7503 MISC sourceforge.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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 15869:648e2b406589 MISC hg.graphicsmagick.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4640-1 graphicsmagick DEBIAN www.debian.org
ImageMagick 'ReadDIBImage()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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)
  • 500990 Alpine Linux Security Update for graphicsmagick
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