CVE-2018-16645
Moderate
CVE-2018-16645
There is an excessive memory allocation issue in the functions ReadBMPImage of coders/bmp.c and ReadDIBImage of coders/dib.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.
Exploit probability
3.2%
Published
September 6, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-16645
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There is an excessive memory allocation issue in the functions ReadBMPImage of coders/bmp.c and ReadDIBImage of coders/dib.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/ecb31dbad39ccdc65868d5d2a37f0f0521250832
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1268
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4316