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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…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-18546 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-6799)Record last updated .