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CVE-2018-5248

Debian Security Advisory 4204-1

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-17 Q16, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in coders/sixel.c in the ReadSIXELImage function, related to the sixel_decode function.

En ImageMagick 7.0.7-17 Q16, hay una sobrelectura de búfer basada en memoria dinámica (heap) en la función ReadSIXELImage en coders/sixel.c, relacionada con la función sixel_decode.

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2018-01-05 CVE Reserved
  • 2018-01-05 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-05 First Exploit
  • 2025-04-04 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Imagemagick
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Imagemagick
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7.0.7-17
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Affected
Debian
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Debian Linux
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8.0
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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9.0
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Canonical
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Ubuntu Linux
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14.04
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Canonical
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Ubuntu Linux
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16.04
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Canonical
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Ubuntu Linux
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17.10
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Canonical
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Ubuntu Linux
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18.04
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