Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-5685 |
CWE-ID | CWE-835 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
GraphicsMagick Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | GraphicsMagick Group |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU33215
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5685
CWE-ID:
CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsGraphicsMagick: 1.3.27
External linkshttp://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/52a91ddb1aa6
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00018.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
http://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/541/
http://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.