Double Free Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.9.39+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-IMAGEMAGICK-519415
  • 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 Debian:11 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.9.39+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.

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.