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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-6930

medium Nessus Plugin ID 222601

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - A stack-based buffer over-read in the ComputeResizeImage function in the MagickCore/accelerate.c file of ImageMagick 7.0.7-22 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a maliciously crafted pict file. (CVE-2018-6930)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-6930

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 222601

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2018_6930.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6930

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-c%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-c%2b%2b-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:imagemagick-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:imagemagick-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6930