6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-16644
ImageMagick Denial of Service Buffer Overflow
Description

There is a missing check for length in the functions ReadDCMImage of coders/dcm.c and ReadPICTImage of coders/pict.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 6, 2018, 10:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16644 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Imagemagick imagemagick
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16644 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-119
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 25, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4316 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4316 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1269 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1269 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/16916c8979c32765c542e216b31cee2671b7afe7 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/16916c8979c32765c542e216b31cee2671b7afe7 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/afa878a689870c28b6994ecf3bb8dbfb2b76d135 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/afa878a689870c28b6994ecf3bb8dbfb2b76d135 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.8-11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 14, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4316 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.14 }} 0.62%

score

0.89135

percentile

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