Resource Exhaustion Affecting inkscape-view package, versions <0:0.92.2-3.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-INKSCAPEVIEW-2160645
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Oct 2018

Introduced: 19 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18544  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 inkscape-view to version 0:0.92.2-3.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream inkscape-view package and not the inkscape-view package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a memory leak in the function WriteMSLImage of coders/msl.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-13 Q16, and the function ProcessMSLScript of coders/msl.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.31.