CVE-2018-6799

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    CVE-2018-6799

    Published: 7 Feb 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap overwrite) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file, because a pixel staging area is not used.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102981, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00017.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html, http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/b41e2efce6d3

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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