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CVE-2018-16644

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16644 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in ImageMagick versions 7.0.8-11, affecting various Linux distributions including Debian and Ubuntu. The flaw stems from missing length checks in the ReadDCMImage and ReadPICTImage functions, allowing remote attackers to crash the application with a specially crafted image. Rated as medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high availability impact (A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.8-11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.8-11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0365 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: autotrace-0:0.31.1-38.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: emacs-1:24.3-23.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: inkscape-0:0.92.2-3.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-16644Low

ImageMagick: improper check for length in ReadDCMImage of coders/dcm.c and ReadPICTImage of coders/pict.c

Aug 27, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/16916c8979c32765c542e216b31cee2671b7afe7
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/afa878a689870c28b6994ecf3bb8dbfb2b76d135
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1269
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
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