The AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

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)

• [debian-lts-announce] 20180214 [SECURITY] [DLA 1282-1] graphicsmagick security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-4321 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/b41e2efce6d3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20180803 [SECURITY] [DLA 1456-1] graphicsmagick security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 102981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2019-da4c20882c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2019-425a1aa7c9 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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 5 Aug 2024, 06:10 UTC.