CVE-2018-20185
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: December 17, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxGraphicsMagick
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20181209 Q8 on 32-bit platforms, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the ReadBMPImage function of bmp.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted bmp image file. This only affects GraphicsMagick installations with customized BMP limits.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/648e3977a293VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106229Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00018.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/582/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4207-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4640CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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