CVE-2018-6799 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Graphicsmagick

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents5 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GraphicsmagickDebian GraphicsmagickDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 7
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap overwrite) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file, because a pixel staging area is not used.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/graphicsmagick< graphicsmagick 1.3.28-1 (bookworm)
▶Debiangraphicsmagick/graphicsmagick< 1.3.28-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: hg.graphicsmagick.org ↗Patch: hg.graphicsmagick.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gvph-frf8-8jrv: The AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-6799: The AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache↗2018-02-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2018-6799: graphicsmagick - The AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c in GraphicsMagick before ...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6799 GraphicsMagick: Heap overwrite in magick/pixel_cache.c:AcquireCacheNexus() can lead to denial of service [epel-all]↗2018-02-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6799 GraphicsMagick: Heap overwrite in magick/pixel_cache.c:AcquireCacheNexus() can lead to denial of service↗2018-02-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6799 GraphicsMagick: Heap overwrite in magick/pixel_cache.c:AcquireCacheNexus() can lead to denial of service [fedora-all]↗2018-02-08
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