Infinite loop in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-18024
Published: October 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15567
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18024
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the function ReadBMPImage in coders/sgi.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack via a specially crafted bmp file.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-18024
Install updates from vendor's website.