CVE-2018-16644

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2018-16644 · Published 06/09/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-16644 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting imagemagick (imagemagick).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
imagemagick imagemagick	`= 7.0.8-11`	No fix yet

Description

There is a missing check for length in the functions ReadDCMImage of coders/dcm.c and ReadPICTImage of coders/pict.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html
ImageMagick/ImageMagick commit 16916c8 · Patch
ImageMagick/ImageMagick commit afa878a · Patch
ImageMagick/ImageMagick · Issue Tracking
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html · Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1 · Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4316 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

imagemagick

= 7.0.8-11

No fix yet

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