UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6799

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6799
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6799.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6799
Upstream
Published
2018-02-07T05:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:44:30Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / graphicsmagick

Package

Name
graphicsmagick
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/graphicsmagick@1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.16-1.1ubuntu2
1.3.16-1.1ubuntu3
1.3.18-1ubuntu3
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm2
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm3
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm4
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm5
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm6
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm7
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm8

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / graphicsmagick

Package

Name
graphicsmagick
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/graphicsmagick@1.3.23-1ubuntu0.6+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.21-3
1.3.23-1
1.3.23-1build1
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.2
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.3
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.4
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.5
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.6
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.6+esm1
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.6+esm2