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ImageMagick: infinite loop in coders/bmp.c

Published Dec 26, 2018

Description

In coders/bmp.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.8-16, an input file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU and memory consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue affects the versions of ImageMagick as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Low, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-835

References (11)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 26, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Dec 25, 2018
Link CVE-2018-20467
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2018-20467
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Dec 6, 2018
Links CVE-2018-20467 - Bugzilla