The DecodeImage function in coders/gif.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized…

Description

The DecodeImage function in coders/gif.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via a crafted GIF file.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• [oss-security] 20160206 CVE request: Out-of-bound read in the parsing of gif files using GraphicsMagick 1.3.18 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2016-49bf88cd29 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 83058 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2016:1614 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [graphicsmagick-commit] 20150202 [GM-commit] GraphicsMagick: Assure that GIF decoder does not use unitialized... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-3746 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20160206 Re: CVE request: Out-of-bound read in the parsing of gif files using GraphicsMagick 1.3.18 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 08:29 UTC.