Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u9
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- published7 Oct 2018
- disclosed7 Oct 2018
Introduced: 7 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-18024 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u9 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
In ImageMagick 7.0.8-13 Q16, there is an infinite loop in the ReadBMPImage function of the coders/bmp.c file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted bmp file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18024
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18024
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1337
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18024
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/