CVE-2018-14551 — Out-of-bounds Write in Imagemagick

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized ResourceCWE-456 — Missing Initialization of a Variable9 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
ImagemagickDebian ImagemagickCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 23
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The ReadMATImageV4 function in coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-7 uses an uninitialized variable, leading to memory corruption.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:6.9.10.8+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.10.8+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntuimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+2

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 18.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mj65-pp9c-4mx4: The ReadMATImageV4 function in coders/mat↗2022-05-13
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OSV
imagemagick vulnerabilities↗2018-10-04
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OSV
CVE-2018-14551: The ReadMATImageV4 function in coders/mat↗2018-07-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
ImageMagick vulnerabilities↗2018-10-04
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Red Hat
ImageMagick: Uninitialized variable in coders/mat.c:ReadMATImageV4() allows for memory corruption↗2018-07-20
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Debian
CVE-2018-14551: imagemagick - The ReadMATImageV4 function in coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-7 uses an unini...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14551 ImageMagick: Uninitialized variable in coders/mat.c:ReadMATImageV4() allows for memory corruption↗2018-08-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14551 ImageMagick: Uninitialized variable in coders/mat.c:ReadMATImageV4() allows for memory corruption [fedora-all]↗2018-08-01
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