CVE-2018-18016 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in ImageMagick's PCX image writer allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-18016?
CVE-2018-18016 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 5 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
ImageMagick 7.0.7-28 has a memory leak vulnerability in WritePCXImage in coders/pcx.c.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18016?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2018-18016?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-18016 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18016 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18016, GHSA-vm2w-8mj4-gv48, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18016.