CVE-2018-16642 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in ImageMagick 7.0.7-37, specifically within the InsertRow function in coders/cut.c, which can be triggered by processing a crafted image file. This flaw primarily affects various distributions of ImageMagick on Canonical and Debian Linux, potentially leading to a denial of service. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), resulting in high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0.7-37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.7-37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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