CVE-2018-6799 is a heap overwrite vulnerability in the AcquireCacheNexus function of GraphicsMagick before version 1.3.28, affecting Debian and GraphicsMagick installations. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution via a crafted image file. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.