Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6405
CVE-2018-6405
Description
In the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.7-23, each redmap, greenmap, and bluemap variable can be overwritten by a new pointer. The previous pointer is lost, which leads to a memory leak. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
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Affected products
22- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&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%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg: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%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg: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%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 6.8.8.1-71.42.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-7.78.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.78.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.42.1
<7.0.7-23+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <7.0.7-23
- cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.9.9-35
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/964nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
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