CVE-2018-5685

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    CVE-2018-5685

    Published: 14 Jan 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00018.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321, https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/541/, http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/52a91ddb1aa6

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    User Interaction
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