CVE-2018-20467

Imagemagick vulnerability

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

3.1%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

In coders/bmp.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.8-16, an input file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU and memory consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Affected vendor

Imagemagick

Affected product

Imagemagick

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Published

2018-12-26

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 availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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