6.5

CVE-2018-9133: canonical ubuntu_linux Excessive Iteration

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-9133DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9133
Published 30-03-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-9133 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Excessive Iteration vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
37/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2
DLA-2333-1RHSA-2020:1180SUSE-SU-2018:1851-1USN-3681-1

Timeline

  1. 30-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.17% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.17%

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< 8:6.9.10.2+dfsg-2
Imagemagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11 | < 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2

4 vendors · 4 products

References

7 links