vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-16645: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 6, 2018 | Oct 1, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 6, 2018
Added
Oct 1, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
There is an excessive memory allocation issue in the functions ReadBMPImage of coders/bmp.c and ReadDIBImage of coders/dib.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-imagemagick6
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