CVE-2018-5685

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.35%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/541/ issue tracking exploit third party advisory
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/52a91ddb1aa6 patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00018.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-5685?
CVE-2018-5685 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-5685?
To fix CVE-2018-5685, 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-2018-5685 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-5685 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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