Memory Leak Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.11.24+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-IMAGEMAGICK-1045666
  • published26 Nov 2020
  • disclosed8 Dec 2020

Introduced: 26 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-27753  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.11.24+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

There are several memory leaks in the MIFF coder in /coders/miff.c due to improper image depth values, which can be triggered by a specially crafted input file. These leaks could potentially lead to an impact to application availability or cause a denial of service. It was originally reported that the issues were in AcquireMagickMemory() because that is where LeakSanitizer detected the leaks, but the patch resolves issues in the MIFF coder, which incorrectly handles data being passed to AcquireMagickMemory(). This flaw affects ImageMagick versions prior to 7.0.9-0.

CVSS Scores

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