CVE-2018-6799
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.53% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.5% since 28 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
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/b41e2efce6d3Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102981Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321Third Party Advisory
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/b41e2efce6d3Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102981Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.