SB2018011402 - Infinite loop in GraphicsMagick
Published: January 14, 2018 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018011402
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5685)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In GraphicsMagick 1.3.27, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the ReadBMPImage function (coders/bmp.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via an image file with a crafted bit-field mask value.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.