THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-16323
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-16323

Imagemagick vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
49.3%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
ReadXBMImage in coders/xbm.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.8-9 leaves data uninitialized when processing an XBM file that has a negative pixel value. If the affected code is used as a library loaded into a process that includes sensitive information, that information sometimes can be leaked via the image data.
Affected vendor
Imagemagick
Affected product
Imagemagick
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2018-09-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 49.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-16323

  • Confirm whether Imagemagick Imagemagick is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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