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CVE-2018-20184 (GCVE-0-2018-20184)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-17 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:58
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Summary
In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20181209 Q8, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the WriteTGAImage function of tga.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file, because the number of rows or columns can exceed the pixel-dimension restrictions of the TGA specification.
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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2018-12-17 00:00
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