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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-6799: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-6799: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/07/2018
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-graphicsmagick

References

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