Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-15607 · published 21 August 2018

CVE-2018-15607: Imagemagick uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability

Imagemagick · Imagemagick

In ImageMagick 7.0.8-11 Q16, a tiny input file 0x50 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x4c 0x36 0x38 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x1f 0x35 0x50 0x00 can result in a hang of several minutes during which CPU and memory resources are consumed until ultimately an attempted large memory allocation fails. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

6.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 5.2% · top 7.8% CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption

6.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 7.1

5.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Imagemagick Imagemagick

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105137	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1255	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105137	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1255	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-15607), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.