CVE-2018-5685 describes an infinite loop vulnerability in GraphicsMagick 1.3.27, specifically within the ReadBMPImage function, affecting Debian and GraphicsMagick products. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by providing a specially crafted BMP image file with a malicious bit-field mask. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to 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 it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.