CVE-2018-16323
If the affected code is used as a library loaded into a process that includes sensitive information, that information sometimes can be leaked via the image data.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 49.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
ReadXBMImage in coders/xbm.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.8-9 leaves data uninitialized when processing an XBM file that has a negative pixel value. If the affected code is used as a library loaded into a process that includes sensitive information, that information sometimes can be leaked via the image data.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 49.32% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 19 November 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- imagemagick/imagemagick · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 49.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/216d117f05bff87b9dc4db55a1b1fadb38bcb786Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45890/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/216d117f05bff87b9dc4db55a1b1fadb38bcb786Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45890/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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