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CVE-2018-9133

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage...

6.5 MediumFix available

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions (coders/tiff.c), which results in a hang (tens of minutes) with a tiny PoC file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

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

3.17%Up 1.9 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions (coders/tiff.c), which results in a hang (tens of minutes) with a tiny PoC file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Record
CVE-2018-9133
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-834
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions (coders/tiff.c), which results in a hang (tens of minutes) with a tiny PoC file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Record
CVE-2018-9133
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-20733 No score

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions (coders/tiff.c), which results in a hang (tens of minutes) with a tiny PoC file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Record
EUVD-2018-20733
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2vwp-58hf-5q8q 6.5

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage...

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions (coders/tiff.c), which results in a hang (tens of minutes) with a tiny PoC file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Record
GHSA-2vwp-58hf-5q8q
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-834
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2018-9133 6.5

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions (coders/tiff.c), which results in a hang (tens of minutes) with a tiny PoC file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2018-9133
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
2026-11-03
OSV 6.5

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions (coders/tiff.c), which results in a hang (tens of minutes) with a tiny PoC file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Record
CVE-2018-9133
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
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-9133 6.5

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions (coders/tiff.c), which results in a hang (tens of minutes) with a tiny PoC file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9133
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
OSVRHSA-2020:1180 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: ImageMagick security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2020:1180
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-9133 6.5

ImageMagick 7.0.7-26 Q16 has excessive iteration in the DecodeLabImage and EncodeLabImage functions (coders/tiff.c), which results in a hang (tens of minutes) with a tiny PoC file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tiff file.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9133
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
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1851-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-13758: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the TracePoint() function (bsc#1056277).
  • CVE-2017-10928: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read in the GetNextToken function that allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SVG document (bsc#1047356).
  • CVE-2018-9133: Long compute times in the tiff decoder have been fixed (bsc#1087820).
  • CVE-2018-11251: Heap-based buffer over-read in ReadSUNImage in coders/sun.c, which allows attackers to cause denial of service (bsc#1094237).
  • CVE-2017-18271: Infinite loop in the function ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1094204).
  • CVE-2018-11655: Memory leak in the GetImagePixelCache in MagickCore/cache.c was fixed (bsc#1095730)
  • CVE-2018-10804: Memory leak in WriteTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c was fixed (bsc#1095813)
  • CVE-2018-10805: Fixed memory leaks in bgr.c, rgb.c, cmyk.c, gray.c, ycbcr.c (bsc#1095812)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1851-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3681-1 No score

imagemagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Record
USN-3681-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick6
Alpine:v3.10
before 6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
imagemagick6
Alpine:v3.11
before 6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
imagemagick6
Alpine:v3.12
before 6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
imagemagick6
Alpine:v3.13
before 6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
imagemagick6
Alpine:v3.14
before 6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
imagemagick6
Alpine:v3.15
before 6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
imagemagick6
Alpine:v3.16
before 6.9.10.37-r0
6.9.10.37-r0
imagemagick6
Alpine:v3.7
before 6.9.10.39-r0
6.9.10.39-r0
imagemagick6
Alpine:v3.8
before 6.9.10.39-r0
6.9.10.39-r0
imagemagick6
Alpine:v3.9
before 6.9.10.39-r0
6.9.10.39-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Debian:12
before 8:6.9.10.2+dfsg-2
8:6.9.10.2+dfsg-2
imagemagick
Debian:13
before 8:6.9.10.2+dfsg-2
8:6.9.10.2+dfsg-2
imagemagick
Debian:14
before 8:6.9.10.2+dfsg-2
8:6.9.10.2+dfsg-2
imagemagick
Debian:9
before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u9, plus listed versions
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-118:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u18:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u28:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u38:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u4
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8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u58:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u68:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u78:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u8
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u9
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
emacs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-filesystem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-nox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
inkscape
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
inkscape-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
autotrace
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
autotrace-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
autotrace-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
emacs-el
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-terminal
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
inkscape-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
inkscape-view
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
emacs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-filesystem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
autotrace
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
autotrace-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
autotrace-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
emacs-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-el
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-nox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-terminal
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
inkscape
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
inkscape-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
inkscape-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
inkscape-view
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
emacs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-filesystem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-nox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
inkscape
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
inkscape-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
autotrace
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
autotrace-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
autotrace-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
emacs-el
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-terminal
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
inkscape-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
inkscape-view
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
emacs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-filesystem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-nox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
inkscape
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
inkscape-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
ImageMagick-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
autotrace
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
autotrace-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
autotrace-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:0.31.1-38.el7
0:0.31.1-38.el7
emacs-el
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
emacs-terminal
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 1:24.3-23.el7
1:24.3-23.el7
inkscape-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
inkscape-view
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:0.92.2-3.el7
0:0.92.2-3.el7
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 6.8.8.1-71.65.1
6.8.8.1-71.65.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 6.8.8.1-71.65.1
6.8.8.1-71.65.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 6.8.8.1-71.65.1
6.8.8.1-71.65.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 6.8.8.1-71.65.1
6.8.8.1-71.65.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
before 6.8.8.1-71.65.1
6.8.8.1-71.65.1
imagemagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-5ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-68:6.8.9.9-6build18:6.8.9.9-78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu1
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8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.18:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.68:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.88:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.9
8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11
imagemagick
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2, plus listed versions
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu28:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu38:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu48:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu58:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2
imagemagick
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3
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8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.38:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.58:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.68:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.78:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.88:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.9
8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11

History

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

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CVE-2018-9133 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Imagemagick, published March 30, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.17%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in imagemagick6 6.9.10.37-r0.

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