CVE-2018-16645 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-16645

There is an excessive memory allocation issue in the functions...

Vulnerability Description

There is an excessive memory allocation issue in the functions ReadBMPImage of coders/bmp.c and ReadDIBImage of coders/dib.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

imagemagick

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Affected Software

imagemagick, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.8-11, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 8.0, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 6th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.