Resource Exhaustion Affecting ImageMagick-debuginfo package, versions <0:6.9.10.68-3.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-IMAGEMAGICKDEBUGINFO-6228891
  • published6 Feb 2024
  • disclosed9 Sept 2018

Introduced: 9 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16750  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ImageMagick-debuginfo to version 0:6.9.10.68-3.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2432.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ImageMagick-debuginfo package and not the ImageMagick-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-29 and earlier, a memory leak in the formatIPTCfromBuffer function in coders/meta.c was found.

CVSS Scores

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