CVE-2018-5248
N/A
Published: January 5, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:59 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxImageMagick
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-17 Q16, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in coders/sixel.c in the ReadSIXELImage function, related to the sixel_decode function.
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 (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102431x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/927Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4204Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4245Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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