Double Free Affecting imagemagick6 package, versions <6.9.10.39-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.63% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE37-IMAGEMAGICK6-343757
  • published20 Mar 2018
  • disclosed20 Mar 2018

Introduced: 20 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-8804  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.7 imagemagick6 to version 6.9.10.39-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick6 package and not the imagemagick6 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

WriteEPTImage in coders/ept.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-25 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (MagickCore/memory.c double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.