UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16643

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16643

    Published: 6 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16643
    Aliases:
    USN-3785-1

    Summary:

    Details: The functions ReadDCMImage in coders/dcm.c, ReadPWPImage in coders/pwp.c, ReadCALSImage in coders/cals.c, and ReadPICTImage in coders/pict.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-4 do not check the return value of the fputc function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16643, https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1199, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3785-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16643

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: imagemagick

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/imagemagick@8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13

    Affected versions

    8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu3
    8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu4
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu1
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu2
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.1
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.3
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.4
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.6
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.7
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.8
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.9
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11
    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.12

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High