CVE-2018-5248

moderate-risk
Published 2018-01-05

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-17 Q16, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in coders/sixel.c in the ReadSIXELImage function, related to the sixel_decode function.

Do I need to act?

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0.66% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Affected Vendors

Debian Imagemagick Canonical

References (10)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102431
Exploit https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/927
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4204
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4245
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102431
Exploit https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/927
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4204
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4245
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate