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CVE-2018-16749

Publication date 9 September 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-29 and earlier, a missing NULL check in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (WriteBlob assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.13
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13

Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3785-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 4 October 2018

Other references