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CVE-2018-12599 (GCVE-0-2018-12599)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-20 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:38
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Summary
In ImageMagick 7.0.8-3 Q16, ReadBMPImage and WriteBMPImage in coders/bmp.c allow attackers to cause an out of bounds write via a crafted file.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3711-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1177 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4245 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2018-06-20 00:00
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