Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5685
CVE-2018-5685
Description
In GraphicsMagick 1.3.27, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the ReadBMPImage function (coders/bmp.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via an image file with a crafted bit-field mask value.
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Affected products
17- Range: =1.3.27
- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Studio%20Onsite%201.3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 1.2.5-4.78.33.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.29.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.29.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.29.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.33.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/52a91ddb1aa6nvdPatch
- sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/541/nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00018.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321nvdThird Party Advisory
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