CVE-2026-103118: Uncontrolled Recursion in GraphicsMagick
CVE-2026-103118 is a medium severity vulnerability in GraphicsMagick up to version 1.3.47. It involves uncontrolled recursion in the ExtractPostscript function within the WPG File Handler component. This flaw can be triggered remotely and may lead to resource exhaustion or denial of service. A patch has been released promptly by the vendor to address this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability affects the ExtractPostscript function in the coders/wpg.c file of GraphicsMagick versions up to 1.3.47. Manipulating this function can cause uncontrolled recursion, potentially leading to denial of service. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without privileges or user interaction. The vendor responded quickly and released a patch identified by commit 627b5b1b2fc2 to fix the issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled recursion remotely, which can result in denial of service by exhausting system resources. There is no indication of privilege escalation or code execution from the provided data.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available and should be applied to affected versions of GraphicsMagick up to 1.3.47. The vendor has released a fixed version promptly after discovery. Users should update to the patched version to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-103118: Uncontrolled Recursion in GraphicsMagick
Description
CVE-2026-103118 is a medium severity vulnerability in GraphicsMagick up to version 1.3.47. It involves uncontrolled recursion in the ExtractPostscript function within the WPG File Handler component. This flaw can be triggered remotely and may lead to resource exhaustion or denial of service. A patch has been released promptly by the vendor to address this issue.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
GraphicsMagick
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability affects the ExtractPostscript function in the coders/wpg.c file of GraphicsMagick versions up to 1.3.47. Manipulating this function can cause uncontrolled recursion, potentially leading to denial of service. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without privileges or user interaction. The vendor responded quickly and released a patch identified by commit 627b5b1b2fc2 to fix the issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled recursion remotely, which can result in denial of service by exhausting system resources. There is no indication of privilege escalation or code execution from the provided data.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch is available and should be applied to affected versions of GraphicsMagick up to 1.3.47. The vendor has released a fixed version promptly after discovery. Users should update to the patched version to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulDB
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-30T05:57:03.831Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abd13682a4e24523d136de3
Added to database: 09/30/2026, 13:49:28 UTC
Last enriched: 09/30/2026, 14:02:55 UTC
Last updated: 09/30/2026, 14:07:52 UTC
Views: 5
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