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CVE-2018-6405 Details

Description

In the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.7-23, each redmap, greenmap, and bluemap variable can be overwritten by a new pointer. The previous pointer is lost, which leads to a memory leak. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/964 CVEExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/964 [email protected]ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/ [email protected]Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
imagemagick imagemagick
< 6.9.9-35
>= 7.0.0-0, < 7.0.7-23

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
14.04
16.04
17.10
18.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-6405
NVD Published Date:
Jan 30, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-6405 Details - Not Deferred