#VU15567 Infinite loop in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-18024

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#VU15567 Infinite loop in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-18024

Published: October 29, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15567
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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