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CVE-2018-10804

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.0 Published 2018-05-08
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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71/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
ImageMagick version 7.0.7-28 contains a memory leak in WriteTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

ImageMagick version 7.0.7-28 contains a memory leak in the WriteTIFFImage function within coders/tiff.c. The vulnerability stems from improper memory management when writing TIFF format images, causing resource exhaustion over repeated operations.

MitigationUpgrade ImageMagick to a version newer than 7.0.7-28 that contains the patched code, or apply the specific patch addressing the memory leak in WriteTIFFImage.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Ubuntu LinuxOperating system
Affected:= 14.04= 16.04= 17.10= 18.04
ImagemagickApplication
Affected:= 7.0.7-28

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check installed ImageMagick version
    Run `convert --version` or `magick --version` to see the installed version number
    Affected if Version is exactly 7.0.7-28 (the specific affected version)
  2. Confirm TIFF support is enabled
    Run `convert -list configure | grep -i tiff` or check if TIFF coders are present in the ImageMagick configuration
    Affected if TIFF support is compiled/enabled (the vulnerability is in the WriteTIFFImage function)
  3. Identify TIFF write operations in use
    Review application logs or image processing scripts to see if images are being written in TIFF format using ImageMagick
    Affected if The system writes TIFF images using ImageMagick, triggering the vulnerable WriteTIFFImage code path
  4. Check Ubuntu package version if installed via apt
    Run `dpkg -l | grep imagemagick` on Ubuntu/Debian systems to get the exact package version
    Affected if Package version matches 7.0.7-28 from the affected Ubuntu releases (14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04)

You are affected if ImageMagick version 7.0.7-28 is installed AND the system processes or writes TIFF format images.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Upgrade ImageMagick to a version newer than 7.0.7-28 that contains the patched code, or apply the specific patch addressing the memory leak in WriteTIFFImage.

Fix this in Ubuntu Linux Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Review / QA2.0 h
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