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CVE-2018-16749

ImageMagick: reachable assertion in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 11, 2018

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-29 and earlier, a missing NULL check in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (WriteBlob assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted file.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion