VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-16749

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-29 and earlier, a missing NULL check in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (WriteBlob assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted file.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.31%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 2.31% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-476
Affected: imagemagick/imagemagick · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1119Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/1007b98f8795ad4bea6bc5f68a32d83e982fdae4Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1119Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/1007b98f8795ad4bea6bc5f68a32d83e982fdae4Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.