Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 17, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-20189
CVE-2018-20189
Description
In GraphicsMagick 1.3.31, the ReadDIBImage function of coders/dib.c has a vulnerability allowing a crash and denial of service via a dib file that is crafted to appear with direct pixel values and also colormapping (which is not available beyond 8-bits/sample), and therefore lacks indexes initialization.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=1.3.31
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/648e2b406589nvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
- sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/585/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106227nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00018.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4207-1/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4640nvd
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