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CVE-2018-18544

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18544 describes a memory leak vulnerability in ImageMagick 7.0.8-13 Q16 and GraphicsMagick before 1.3.31, specifically within the WriteMSLImage and ProcessMSLScript functions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.8-13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.8-13:q16:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0202 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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-2018-18544Low

ImageMagick: memory leak in WriteMSLImage of coders/msl.c

Oct 19, 2018

References

hg.code.sf.net / p/graphicsmagick/code/file/233618f8fe82/ChangeLog
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00034.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1360
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4034-1