medium
6.5
CWE
772
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2018-18544

First published: Sun Oct 21 2018(Updated: )

A flaw was found in ImageMagick 7.0.8-13 Q16. A memory leak in the function WriteMSLImage of coders/msl.c. References: <a href="https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1360">https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1360</a> Upstream Patch: <a href="https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c9c4ef4e7ca83d8a00effd16723f37946e89fbad">https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c9c4ef4e7ca83d8a00effd16723f37946e89fbad</a>

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick<1.3.31
ImageMagick ImageMagick=7.0.8-13-q16
openSUSE Leap=15.0
redhat/ImageMagick 7.0.8<13
13
redhat/ImageMagick 6.9.10<13
13
IBM Data Risk Manager<=2.0.6
debian/graphicsmagick
1.4+really1.3.36+hg16481-2+deb11u1
1.4+really1.3.40-4
1.4+really1.3.45-1
debian/imagemagick
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u3
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u2
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1
8:6.9.13.12+dfsg1-1
8:7.1.1.39+dfsg1-1

Remedy

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1360

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID for this vulnerability?

    The vulnerability ID is CVE-2018-18544.

  • What is the title of this vulnerability?

    The title of this vulnerability is 'There is a memory leak in the function WriteMSLImage of coders/msl.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-13 Q16 and…'

  • What is the description of this vulnerability?

    The description of this vulnerability is that ImageMagick is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in the WriteMSLImage function in coders/msl.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2018-18544?

    The severity of CVE-2018-18544 is medium with a CVSS score of 6.5.

  • What software is affected by this vulnerability?

    The affected software includes ImageMagick 7.0.8-13 Q16, IBM Data Risk Manager up to version 2.0.6, Graphicsmagick up to version 1.3.31, and openSUSE Leap 15.0.

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