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CVE-2018-9133

ImageMagick: excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions in coders/tiff.c

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions (coders/tiff.c), which results in a hang (tens of minutes) with a tiny PoC file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 tiene una iteración excesiva en las funciones DecodeLabImage y EncodeLabImage (coders/tiff.c), lo que resulta en un bloqueo de varios minutos con un archivo PoC pequeño. Los atacantes remotos podrían aprovechar esta vulnerabilidad para provocar una denegación de servicio (DoS) mediante un archivo tiff manipulado.

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
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2018-03-30 CVE Reserved
  • 2018-03-30 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-05 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-834: Excessive Iteration
  • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Imagemagick
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 Imagemagick
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 7.0.7-26
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q16
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 14.04
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lts
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 16.04
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lts
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 17.10
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-
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 18.04
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lts
Affected