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CVE-2018-5685 (GCVE-0-2018-5685)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-14 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:40
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Summary
In GraphicsMagick 1.3.27, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the ReadBMPImage function (coders/bmp.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via an image file with a crafted bit-field mask value.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2018-01-13 00:00
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