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CVE-2018-17967 json

ImageMagick 7.0.7-28 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadBGRImage in coders/bgr.c.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-9707

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ImageMagick 7.0.7-28 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadBGRImage in coders/bgr.c.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.10.14+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17967

  • ImageMagick RHEL 7 6.9.10.68-3.el7
  • emacs RHEL 7 1:24.3-23.el7
  • emacs-el RHEL 7 1:24.3-23.el7
  • inkscape RHEL 7 0.92.2-3.el7
  • autotrace RHEL 7 0.31.1-38.el7
  • emacs-nox RHEL 7 1:24.3-23.el7
  • emacs-common RHEL 7 1:24.3-23.el7
  • inkscape-view RHEL 7 0.92.2-3.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1180

  • imagemagick6 Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14 +4 more 6.9.10.37-r0
  • imagemagick6 Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8, Alpine 3.7 6.9.10.39-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-17967

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-17967 updated cvss 3.3

ImageMagick: memory leak in ReadBGRImage in coders/bgr.c.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) emacs 24.3-23.el7, emacs-nox 24.3-23.el7, inkscape 0.92.2-3.el7, emacs-common 24.3-23.el7, ImageMagick 6.9.10.68-3.el7, emacs-filesystem 24.3-23.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) emacs-el 24.3-23.el7, autotrace 0.31.1-38.el7, emacs-terminal 24.3-23.el7, inkscape-view 0.92.2-3.el7, ImageMagick-perl 6.9.10.68-3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) emacs 24.3-23.el7, emacs-filesystem 24.3-23.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) emacs 24.3-23.el7, emacs-el 24.3-23.el7, emacs-nox 24.3-23.el7, inkscape 0.92.2-3.el7, autotrace 0.31.1-38.el7, emacs-common 24.3-23.el7, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) emacs 24.3-23.el7, emacs-nox 24.3-23.el7, inkscape 0.92.2-3.el7, emacs-common 24.3-23.el7, ImageMagick 6.9.10.68-3.el7, emacs-filesystem 24.3-23.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) emacs-el 24.3-23.el7, inkscape 0.92.2-3.el7, autotrace 0.31.1-38.el7, emacs-terminal 24.3-23.el7, inkscape-view 0.92.2-3.el7, ImageMagick-c++ 6.9.10.68-3.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) emacs 24.3-23.el7, emacs-nox 24.3-23.el7, inkscape 0.92.2-3.el7, emacs-common 24.3-23.el7, ImageMagick 6.9.10.68-3.el7, emacs-filesystem 24.3-23.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) emacs-el 24.3-23.el7, autotrace 0.31.1-38.el7, emacs-terminal 24.3-23.el7, inkscape-view 0.92.2-3.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1180
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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