| Name | CVE-2018-15607 |
| Description | In ImageMagick 7.0.8-11 Q16, a tiny input file 0x50 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x4c 0x36 0x38 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x1f 0x35 0x50 0x00 can result in a hang of several minutes during which CPU and memory resources are consumed until ultimately an attempted large memory allocation fails. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| imagemagick (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 8:6.9.13.12+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| imagemagick | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1255
This is mitigated by the default policies, if anyone modifies those they need
be tuned to the deployment's memory buildout