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CVE-2018-20189

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20189 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GraphicsMagick version 1.3.31, specifically within the ReadDIBImage function, which can be triggered by a specially crafted DIB image file. The vulnerability arises from an issue where a malformed DIB file, appearing to have both direct pixel values and colormapping, leads to uninitialized indexes. This flaw has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available 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:1.3.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
2.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0228 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,221 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hg.graphicsmagick.org / hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/648e2b406589
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00018.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/graphicsmagick/bugs/585
ExploitThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4207-1
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4640
securityfocus.com / bid/106227
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry