CVE-2018-5685

Public on 2018-01-14

Modified on 2018-03-08

Description

In GraphicsMagick 1.3.27, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the ReadBMPImage function (coders/bmp.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via an image file with a crafted bit-field mask value.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

6.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	GraphicsMagick	2018-03-07 21:35	ALAS-2018-966

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv2	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD	CVSSv3	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-5685 Mitre: CVE-2018-5685 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity