CVE-2018-20185

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2018-20185 · Published 17/12/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-20185 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting graphicsmagick (graphicsmagick).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 81.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
graphicsmagick graphicsmagick	`= 1.4`	No fix yet

Description

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20181209 Q8 on 32-bit platforms, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the ReadBMPImage function of bmp.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted bmp image file. This only affects GraphicsMagick installations with customized BMP limits.

References

hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/648e3977a293 · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/106229 · Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00018.html · Mailing List
sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/582 · Exploit
usn.ubuntu.com/4207-1 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4640 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

graphicsmagick

= 1.4

No fix yet

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