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CVE-2018-16641

ImageMagick 7.0.8-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in the TIFFWritePhotoshopLayers function in...

6.5 Medium

ImageMagick 7.0.8-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in the TIFFWritePhotoshopLayers function in coders/tiff.c.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.05%Up 1.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

ImageMagick 7.0.8-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in the TIFFWritePhotoshopLayers function in coders/tiff.c.

Record
CVE-2018-16641
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-772
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

ImageMagick 7.0.8-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in the TIFFWritePhotoshopLayers function in coders/tiff.c.

Record
CVE-2018-16641
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8444 No score

ImageMagick 7.0.8-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in the TIFFWritePhotoshopLayers function in coders/tiff.c.

Record
EUVD-2018-8444
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g7p2-3xmf-r7r6 6.5

ImageMagick 7.0.8-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in the TIFFWritePhotoshopLayers function in...

ImageMagick 7.0.8-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in the TIFFWritePhotoshopLayers function in coders/tiff.c.

Record
GHSA-g7p2-3xmf-r7r6
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-772
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

ImageMagick 7.0.8-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in the TIFFWritePhotoshopLayers function in coders/tiff.c.

Record
CVE-2018-16641
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11564-1 No score

ImageMagick-7.1.0.9-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ImageMagick-7.1.0.9-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11564-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2977-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2018-16413: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read in the PushShortPixel function leading to DoS (bsc#1106989)
  • CVE-2018-16329: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the GetMagickProperty function leading to DoS (bsc#1106858).
  • CVE-2018-16328: Prevent NULL pointer dereference exists in the CheckEventLogging function leading to DoS (bsc#1106857).
  • CVE-2018-16323: ReadXBMImage left data uninitialized when processing an XBM file that has a negative pixel value. If the affected code was used as a library loaded into a process that includes sensitive information, that information sometimes can be leaked via the image data (bsc#1106855)
  • CVE-2018-16642: The function InsertRow allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file due to an out-of-bounds write (bsc#1107616)
  • CVE-2018-16640: Prevent memory leak in the function ReadOneJNGImage (bsc#1107619)
  • CVE-2018-16641: Prevent memory leak in the TIFFWritePhotoshopLayers function (bsc#1107618).
  • CVE-2018-16643: The functions ReadDCMImage, ReadPWPImage, ReadCALSImage, and ReadPICTImage did check the return value of the fputc function, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file (bsc#1107612)
  • CVE-2018-16644: Added missing check for length in the functions ReadDCMImage and ReadPICTImage, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image (bsc#1107609)
  • CVE-2018-16645: Prevent excessive memory allocation issue in the functions ReadBMPImage and ReadDIBImage, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file (bsc#1107604)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2977-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 7.0.7.34-3.24.1
7.0.7.34-3.24.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 7.0.7.34-3.24.1
7.0.7.34-3.24.1
ImageMagick
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 26 CVEs
before 7.1.0.9-1.1
7.1.0.9-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-16641 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Imagemagick, published September 6, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.05%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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