CVE-2018-20184

Public Exploit

Description

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20181209 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the WriteTGAImage function of tga.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file, because the number of rows or columns can exceed the pixel-dimension restrictions of the TGA specification.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.27%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory graphicsmagick.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106229 vdb entry third party advisory
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/15d1b5fd003b patch vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00018.html third party advisory mailing list
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/583/ third party advisory exploit
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4207-1/ vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4640 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-20184?
CVE-2018-20184 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-20184?
To fix CVE-2018-20184, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-20184 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-20184 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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