CVE-2018-11251
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-23 Q16 x86_64 2018-01-24, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadSUNImage in coders/sun.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash in SetGrayscaleImage in MagickCore/quantize.c) via a crafted SUN image file.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 6.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.12%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 81
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-125
References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/956
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4245
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/956
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4245
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