CVE-2018-5248

Publication date 5 January 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2
17.10 artful
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu2.2
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes


mdeslaur

0265-CVE-2018-5248.patch in jessie code not present in trusty

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3681-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 12 June 2018

Other references