#VU33215 Infinite loop in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2018-5685

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#VU33215 Infinite loop in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2018-5685

Published: January 14, 2018 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33215
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5685
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
GraphicsMagick
Software vendor:
GraphicsMagick Group

Description

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.

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