Denial of Service Vulnerability in GraphicsMagick by Artifex Software
CVE-2018-20189

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Graphicsmagick

Status
Graphicsmagick
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 December 2018

What is CVE-2018-20189?

The vulnerability found in GraphicsMagick version 1.3.31 involves the ReadDIBImage function in the coders/dib.c file. It can be exploited using a specially crafted DIB file designed to mimic direct pixel values. This results in a crash of the application, leading to a denial of service. The issue arises due to the lack of proper initialization of indexes when processing color mapping, which is not supported beyond 8-bits per sample. Proper mitigation strategies should be employed to protect against potential service disruptions.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106227
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/585/
x_refsource_MISC
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/648e2b...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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