6.5

CVE-2018-11656: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-11656DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11656
Published 01-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-11656 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.82%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
RHSA-2020:1180USN-3681-1

Timeline

  1. 01-06-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-20 Q16 x86_64, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadDCMImage in coders/dcm.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DCM image file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 1.85% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.82%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Imagemagick

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3
Imagemagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11 | < 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11 | < 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2

4 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links