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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-20467: Infinite Loop

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-20467: Infinite Loop

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/26/2018
Created
10/02/2024
Added
10/01/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

In coders/bmp.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.8-16, an input file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU and memory consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-imagemagick6

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