Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.28-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE313-GRAPHICSMAGICK-1067749
  • published2 Feb 2021
  • disclosed14 Jan 2018

Introduced: 14 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5685  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.28-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphicsmagick package and not the graphicsmagick package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GraphicsMagick 1.3.27, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the ReadBMPImage function (coders/bmp.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via an image file with a crafted bit-field mask value.