ubuntu-cve-2018-20189
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-12-17 20:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

In GraphicsMagick 1.3.31, the ReadDIBImage function of coders/dib.c has a vulnerability allowing a crash and denial of service via a dib file that is crafted to appear with direct pixel values and also colormapping (which is not available beyond 8-bits/sample), and therefore lacks indexes initialization.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In GraphicsMagick 1.3.31, the ReadDIBImage function of coders/dib.c has a vulnerability allowing a crash and denial of service via a dib file that is crafted to appear with direct pixel values and also colormapping (which is not available beyond 8-bits/sample), and therefore lacks indexes initialization.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20189",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:46Z",
  "published": "2018-12-17T20:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20189"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/648e2b406589"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/585/"
    },
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-20189"
  ]
}



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